4th of July Side: Patriotic Gelatin Salad Recipe

Do you want to make an impression at your Fourth of July meal? Taste of Home has brought a gelatin salad recipe that will make your wish come true! The recipe is a perfect 4th of July side dish because it features all the colors of the Grand Union flag. It will look like fireworks have landed on your dining table! Check out the recipe:

4th of July Side: Patriotic Gelatin Salad

It looks like fireworks have landed at your dining table.

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Ingredients

16 servings

Strawberry gelatin (2 packets; 3 oz. each)

Berry blue gelatin (2 packets; 3 oz. each)

Unflavored gelatin 2 envelopes)

Sour cream (2 cups or 16 oz.)

Vanilla extract (2 teaspoons)

Cold water (2-1/2 cups; divided)

Boiling water (4 cups; divided)

Milk (2 cups)

Sugar (1 cup)

Cut the salad at convenient sizes.

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Preparation

• Take four bowls and melt each packet of gelatin separately in one cup of boiling water in each bowl. Add half cup of cold water to each of the mixtures and stir.
• Use cooking spray to coat a 10-inch fluted tube pan and transfer one bowl of berry blue gelatin into it. Chill for half an hour or until the mixture is almost set.
• Unlike the first bowl, set the remaining 3 bowls at room temperature. Use the remaining cold water to soften the unflavored gelatin and keep it in that condition for 5 minutes.
• Take a saucepan and heat milk just below the boiling point over medium heat. Stir in sugar and softened gelatin in it until the sugar is completely melted. Stop the heat.
• Now, stir in vanilla extract and sour cream until the mixture is very smooth. Spoon one and a half cups of sour cream mixture carefully over the berry blue gelatin when it is almost set in the pan. Chill for half an hour or almost set.
• Put the strawberry gelatin over the layer of cream mix very carefully with a spoon. Chill until the layer is almost set. Now, put one and a half cups of cream mixture over the layer of strawberry gelatin with a spoon. Chill until this layer is almost set.
• Do this the process again by adding layers of berry blue gelatin, sour cream mix, and strawberry gelatin one after another. Do not forget to chill after adding each layer.
• After all the layers are set, chill the gelatin salad for hours or throughout the night.

Tips

• You must properly chill after each layer is added because a layer must be set before the addition of an extra layer.
• You can use gelatins of different flavors if you want.
• You can put a mixture of fresh fruits or sweet-flaked coconut in the middle.

The gelatin salad has fantastic appearance!

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With delicious fruity and creamy layers, this 4th of July side recipe is a guest-pleaser! The fantastic appearance and the refreshing flavors are an absolute treat to both the eyes and tongue. The side is kind of old fashioned but fun and it will really add to your patriotic theme.