Good morning,

Today I’d love to share with you a bit decadent recipe – champagne (or sparkling wine) and rose petals jelly.
It is a really nice and spectacular recipe – I had a lot of rose petals (see also: a rose petals ice cream) so this is why I decided to do something crazy!

If you are intrigued how to do the jelly and how it tastes like, be my guest!

I made this jelly using recipe from a book Purple Citrus & Sweet Perfume – it is full of unusual and refreshing taste combinations. Thanks to this book I prepared eg. a rose petals ice cream and a tomato and pomegranate salad.

How does rose petals jelly taste like?

Let’s be honest – it tastes like rose petals. If you love it – you will love the recipe. If not – well, it can be too much for you. But, have no fear – this recipe is a nice base for other flowery jellies – lavender jelly should be nice as well.

If I had made this jelly once again I would use smaller rose petals pieces or mash them in a mortar – but then I’d add more sugar, as rose petals has a tendency to become bitter due to mashing.

I don’t mind eating whole rose petals but my partner suggested that he would like smaller pieces more – so do as you prefer :-)

A word about color – the jelly has beautiful,red, deep color – it is because I added some mashed petals to the mixture and I used home-made rose petal syrup as well. If you use only petals – taste still will be fine, but the jelly would have very delicate, rosy hue.

Champagne and rose petals jelly – recipe.

Modified recipe from : Purple Citrus & Sweet Perfume

Before you begin: please, please, use organic roses! Although all roses are edible, damascus rose would be the best for this recipe.

You will need (I made it from half of ingredients)

a cup of rose petals
100g of sugar or enough to cover rose petals
zest from one lemon (preferably organic)
3 gelatin leaves
75 g of sugar (I used cane sugar )
500 ml water
250 ml (a cup) of sparkling wine, I used cava
teaspoon of lemon juice (optional but recommended)
kubek płatków róży (najlepiej pachnącej róży damasceńskiej)

How to do rose petals jelly.

Wash petals with cool water. Put it into a small bowl, sprinkle with 100 g sugar, add lemon zest and mix througfully with your fingers. Put aside for about 2 hours – within this time petals will become most. After 2 hours mash petals with your fingers in order to incorporate sugars into the petals.

Soak the gelatin. In a meantime heat water and sugar in a pot – wait till sugar dissolves and cook for another 5 minutes over a medium heat. Add gelatin into a hot but not boiling mixture. Remove from heat – when it cools a bit add wine and lemon juice. Pour into glasses and when it reaches the room temperature put the jelly into your fridge in order to set.

That’s it, enjoy!