Sparkling Berry Jello Salad

Roxygirl in Colorado's Note:

I make this Jello often in the spring/summer. It looks really nice in a mold and sets up great. The fresh berries in the center of the mold makes a beautiful presentation.

• Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail (or cran-raspberry is good)
• 1 (6 ounce) package red Jell-O (black cherry or raspberry is what I love)
• 1 1/2 cups club soda
• 1/4 cup creme de cassis (I've never used but someday....) (optional)
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 3 cups assorted blueberries or 3 cups raspberries or 3 cups sliced strawberries

Directions:

1. Stir boiling cranberry juice (heat in pan) into gelatin in large bowl at least 2 minutes (until well dissolved).
2. Stir in club soda, liqueur, and lemon juice.
3. Refrigerate about 1-1/2 hours or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites-I set my bowl inside a larger bowl of ice water and it takes about 20 minutes).
4. Stir in 2 cups of the berries.
5. Spoon into 5-cup mold.
6. Refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm.
7. Unmold and top with remaining 1 cup of berries in center.

Reviews

[Nurse_Kris]

This salad was amazing! Easy to make and very good. Everyone loves it. I have made it several times now and there is never any leftovers. I finally bought some creme de cassis and that makes it even better!

[mommyoffour]

This jello has a lot of zing! I really liked the club soda in this. I will make this often using different berries, the kids loved it. I never would have thought of used the soda in place of the water....great idea. thank you for sharing this with us.

[Derf]

A wonderful light dessert and almost no fat too! Delicious and versatile, could use any berries. I used blue berries, light raspberry jello, splenda sweetened cranraspberry juice and diet ginger ale, hope fully they all cut down on the sugar content. served it with some cool whip on top, looked very pretty. Thanks for posting.