Why won't my jelly set?

Why won't my jelly set?

I wanted to make some jelly with stewed fruit in it. DS likes jelly but doesn't always eat his fruit. He loves those jelly cups but they get so expensive and I thought - yep, I'll make my own.

I stewed some apples and put them in with the jelly before it set.

Now 24 hours later - IT STILL HASN'T SET. I am guessing the water content of the fruit was just too much for the gelatine content of the packet jelly.

Would I be better off using fruit juice and powdered/leaf gelatine and stewed fruit?

Anyone have any recipes?



Thanks for your help.

Next time just use a little less water when making up the Jelly Might be trial and error but it will work eventually. I personally don't like the flavour of straight gelatin, unless the texture has changed recently.

It could be either that there is too much water content or the type of juice. Sometimes (as I understand it) they have too much fruit acid so it doesnt set properly.