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Hooray! Christmas is almost here! I hope you are taking some time to relax and make new Christmas memories with those you love. If you wanted something easy, fun and perdy to make for Christmas – try this Birds Milk Jello recipe.
It’s Vera’s famous ptichiye moloko recipe (bird’s milk); a layer of creamy mouse topped with raspberry jello (don’t worry, I’m wrapping up my bird’s milk spree). I hope you enjoy this super easy and fancy dessert. You can easily double it for a potluck. I’ll have some exciting new Russian recipes for New Year’s so stay tuned!
What you will need to make Birds Milk Jello:
8×8-inch glass pyrex dish
Cooking spray
Ingredients for Birds Milk Jello Layer:
(note: this is 1/2 of the original ptichye moloko recipe)
1 packet unflavored gelatin (1/4 oz (roughly 7 grams or 1 1/2 tsp) per packet
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
8 oz tub sour cream
8 oz tub cool whip, refrigerated (should be fully thawed, not frozen)
6 oz raspberry jello
2 cups boiling water
Red Gel Food coloring (I use this one by Betty Crocker)
How to Make Birds Milk Jello (Mousse) Layer:
1. Spray a 8×8-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. This keeps the jello from sticking to the pan when serving.
2. In a small pan, whisk together 1 packet unflavored gelatin with 1/2 cup milk over medium heat. Continue whisking until it just begins to steam, remove from heat (DO NOT BOIL). Set aside to cool.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer over medium speed, whisk together 1/2 cup sugar, 8 oz tub of sour cream and a 8 oz tub of cool whip until well blended. Make sure your cool whip is fully thawed and soft or you will have clumps in your jello.
4. With the mixer on medium speed, slowly add the warm milk mixture until incorporated.
5. Immediately pour half of the cream into the prepared baking dish. Smooth the top.
6. Mix red food coloring (a few drops at a time until desired color is reached) into the second half of the cream until well-blended. Quickly spread pink jello over your white cream. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
7. Dissolve jello with 2 cups boiling hot water and set aside to cool to room temperature.
8. Once jello is cool or just luke-warm, pour the raspberry jello over the bird’s milk. You can also add fruit over the top after you pour your jello. Try raspberries or sliced strawberries for an extra tang. Refrigerate jello 2-4 hours, or until jello is set. Have fun with it. Make it unique by adding any kind of jello or food coloring.
Birds Milk Jello Recipe
Ingredients
(note: this is 1/2 of the original ptichye moloko recipe)
- 1 packet unflavored gelatin, 1/4 oz (roughly 7 grams or 1 1/2 tsp per packet
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 8 oz tub sour cream
- 8 oz tub cool whip, refrigerated (should be fully thawed, not frozen)
- 6 oz raspberry jello
- 2 cups boiling water
- Red gel food coloring
Instructions
- Spray a 8x8-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. This keeps the jello from sticking to the pan when serving.
- In a small pan, whisk together 1 packet unflavored gelatin with 1/2 cup milk over medium heat. Continue whisking until it just begins to steam, remove from heat (DO NOT BOIL). Set aside to cool.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer over medium speed, whisk together 1/2 cup sugar, 8 oz tub of sour cream and a 8 oz tub of cool whip until well blended. Make sure your cool whip is fully thawed and soft or you will have clumps in your jello.
- With the mixer on medium speed, slowly add the warm milk mixture.
- Immediately pour half of the cream into the prepared baking dish. Smooth the top.
- Mix red food coloring (a few drops at a time until desired color is reached) into the second half of the cream until well-blended. Quickly spread pink jello over your white cream. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Dissolve jello with 2 cups boiling hot water and set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Once jello is cool or just luke-warm, pour the raspberry jello over the bird's milk. You can also add fruit over the top after you pour your jello. Try raspberries or sliced strawberries for an extra tang. Refrigerate jello 2-4 hours, or until jello is set. Have fun with it. Make it unique by adding any kind of jello or food coloring.
Hi Natasha, is the food coloring necessary? Would it be ok without?
Hi Inna! It’s visually appealing and separates the layers but you can omit the dye if you prefer.
Hello Natasha, thank you so much for this Birds Milk Jello Recipe. I just made this jello 2 batches for 2 parties. People love this
Thank you so much!!!
I been making this jello for like 8 years already to parties
It’s so easy and affordable.
I just made this jello 2 batches for 2 parties.
All the time people comment how soft and delicious it is.
Thank you again Natasha for such easy but so yummy recipe
You’re very welcome! Thank you for the feedback!
Can I replace the cool whip with whipped cream? How much of whipped cream should I use?
Hi Naomi, that could be a good substitute, but I haven’t tested it personally in this recipe so I can’t really recommend it without testing it first.
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SOOOO delicious. I made this for a friend’s 40th birthday party. She LOVES jello and cranberries so I mixed a can of jellied cranberry sauce in with the jello layer. When it was set I topped it with fresh raspberries. Wow….it..was…amazing. Thanks for the great recipe
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