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Hot toddy jelly cubes
Makes 24 Cubes Drinks
Ingredients
- 300g caster sugar
- 2tbsp orange-flower water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 8 cloves
- peel of one orange
- 7 gelatine sheets
- 12-14 kumquats
- whisky
Method
Bring 700ml water slowly to the boil with the caster sugar, orange-flower water, cinnamon, cloves and orange peel. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then simmer for 5 minutes. Soften 7 sheets of gelatine in cold water for 5 minutes. Take the sugar syrup off the heat, add the gelatine, stir well and leave to cool. Halve 12-14 kumquats, put one half in each cubicle of two ice trays, strain over the sugar syrup and refrigerate for 2 hours. Put a measure of whisky into a heatproof glass, add boiling water and serve jelly cube on a spoon, ready to plop in. Stir to melt.
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