Basically, I would NOT recommend making this week's recipe unless you are IN England, as our "jello" basically ruins the recipe. My pie turned out to be a layered mess (see Nick's to see what it's supposed to look like). First of all, it took way too long to set (3 hours) and when I cut it open, it wasn't actually set, it was a layered goopy mess! Nick's turned out great though, so at least it worked for one of us (see his pic to compare the difference!)
This recipe is deceptively simple. The ingredients and directions are few, but I struggled with the English equivalencies in measurements and ingredients. For example, I searched Meijer high and low for "lime jelly," thinking it was jam. Finally in the foreign foods isle I triumphantly discovered the closest thing (I thought): lime marmalade. What I failed to realize was that in England, "jelly" is actually JELLO! So if you do decide to make this, beware of these differences:
double cream = heavy whipping cream
jelly = jello
digestive biscuits can be substituted with a chocolate graham cracker crust, or you can find them in a foreign food aisle
Nick found this recipe at www.sainsburys.co.uk. I'm not even going to put directions on here because I'm dubious of whether it is possible for any other American cook to have a success with it, unless they import English jelly.
Definitely a waste of 16 perfectly good digestive biscuits!
Overall, thumbs down on my end but I'd love to try Nick's.
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