My Kind of Summer Snack - Refreshing Longan Jelly

What do you fancy on a hot summer day?

- offering to slather sun lotion all over sexy strangers the beach?
- a cold shower?
- roaming around (Hong Kong's) below-zero-air-conditioned shopping malls until your credit card can't take it anymore?
- skinny dipping into your neighbor's pool without permission?
- running away from it all and head to somewhere winter?
- a huge glass of icy cold beer? iced tea? or your favorite soda?
- big chunks of cold, juicy and sweet watermelons?
- a gigantic tub of ice cream?
- a bucket of fried chicken?

all/none of the above?

Here's one of my favorite refreshing hot summer snacks, using one of my favorite fruits, longans.

Peel the skin to reveal these gorgeous, luminuous, pearls (imagine me saying this with a seductive smile ala Nigella and try not to laugh, at least not when this page is still open T_T)

When longans are not in season, you can use canned longans, which you can order online here

Use this code RT03Jul8AM
for a 3% discount and a chance to win a $5 voucher for the next purchase.

If you're too lazy to do jelly, simply mix a bit of cold water with a can of longan including the syrup, add some ice cubes, mint leaves if you wish, and you got yourself a refreshing dessert!

Now, here's my refreshing little cups of...

Longan Jelly

Recipe
- 1 pack of konyaku jelly powder or agar-agar powder
- the syrup from the canned longan
- 1/3 cup of caster sugar (or less if you want it not as sweet)
- cold water> to achieve the needed amount mentioned in the jelly powder pack

Mix konyaku jelly powder with water and juice from the canned longan, add sugar, heat it up until everything is mixed well, pour into moulds (I use tall glasses and shot glasses here) with longans in them. Let cool, refrigerate.

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