I don't think I have ever used these moulds myself, so this year I thought I would give it a try. I made jelly the usual way with gelatine crystals and orange juice (no need for added sweeteners) and filled a 1 pint mould with just enough left over to make a baby one, too.
These pressed tin jelly moulds must date back to the late '50s or early '60s, they have been in the kitchen for as long as I can remember. My mother used to make pink blancmanges with them every Easter for years, the bunnies would nestle in a field of green decorated with flowers and little mallow toadstools sprinkled in coconut. As a child I didn't like the bunnies to be cut up, so when offered some I would choose just a tiny part of its foot (!) poor rabbit. The family of five moulds comprises two 1 pint parents, a big sister, and two tiny babies. I don't think I have ever used these moulds myself, so this year I thought I would give it a try. I made jelly the usual way with gelatine crystals and orange juice (no need for added sweeteners) and filled a 1 pint mould with just enough left over to make a baby one, too. I turned big bunny out onto a plate and garnished with shredded lettuce to look like grass and Dr Oetker mini flowers. I can't remember what my mother used for grass, I assume it was lettuce, but I must have left it next to the jelly too long because the orange jelly was infused with lettuce fragrance which didn't taste very nice! I don't remember that from my childhood. It looked very pretty and Easter festive, though.
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