Nothing like waiting until the last minute! 😀 I wanted to do something a bit different with the raspberries – my first thoughts were to make puff pastry napoleons with homemade whip cream. But after my food fest yesterday, I knew I needed to get back in line!
I decided to make jelly! I love jelly, but obviously being a diabetic I really only use it if we go out for breakfast. My grandma and mom made the best grape jelly growing up, and I was blessed with two jars of pepper jelly from my beloved Aunt Bea. I plan on making some of that jelly later in the season and will can it for Christmas gifts.
Sugar Free Raspberry Basil Jelly (printer friendly version here)
Makes 10 servings (1 tablespoon: 18 calories, .2 fat, 4.1 carbs, 2.2 fat and .4 protein)
Ingredients
12 | ounces raspberries |
2 | Packets Splenda |
2 | teaspoons unflavored gelatin |
2 | tablespoons basil |
1/2 | cup water |
Directions
- Put raspberries and water in pot and mash with potato masher until all the raspberries are crushed.
- Bring to a boil – about 5 to 10 minutes. Add in splenda and gelatin and mix well.
- Put in a freezer-proof container and put in the freezer for 45 minutes to one hour or until jelly is firm.
- Stir in chopped basil. Store in refrigerator up to two weeks.
I really like how this turned out! It’s not too sweet and just a hint of savory from the basil. 😀
Usually you need pectin to make jelly to firm it up, but pectin has sugar in it. It now has the consistency of jelly and I just put it in a container in the fridge. My hope that it still stays firm to use during the week!
Thanks again to Sarena of the Non-Dairy Queen for hosting this week!
It’s amazing how much sugar we can cut out of recipes. When you put less sugar (or substitute) in fruit dishes, you can taste the fruit more. Kudos to you.
That looks great Biz! I could make that for my friend at work!
This looks awesome and I love the splenda packets! Aren’t they so cute?!?
That jelly sounds so interesting! Happy belated 4th of July!
That jelly looks delicious.!
Super Jelly. I love jam. Eating it on toast is as good as having dessert.
haha splenda and their dashing writing on their packets! mm sugar-free jam homemade style! very nice- and scrumptious atop some bread <3
I love that you added basil! This looks awesome, let me know how it holds up, I might want to try this, thanks!
Very nice! I love your addition of basil and that it’s sugar-free. I never thought of using gelatin to make my own sugar-free jelly but now I have to try it. Thanks!
Wow – just two packets of Splenda? You don’t even want to know how much sugar I put in my homemade jam…..it should be outlawed.