Cod liver oil jellies

Recently, I've been trying a few different ways to use gelatin. First up was making cod liver oil jellies. The original recipe came to me from Nadine. Her kids used to love the Green Pastures gummy fish, so when they were discontinued, Nadine started making her own. I've tried a few different variations and most of them have worked fine. So first here's the method, then a few different combinations. 

Put the water in a medium sized pan, then sprinkle the gelatin over the top. When it has softened, heat the water gently, stirring till the gelatin has dissolved. Take off the heat and add the honey and coconut oil, stirring till dissolved. If you are adding an extra flavourings, add them at this stage. When the mix has cooled down to body temperature, whisk in the cod liver oil. Pour into a tray lined with baking paper, and put into the fridge. When it's set, cut into 24 pieces. Each is equivalent to about 1 tsp cod liver oil, a std adult dose. Cut smaller for kids.

Nadine's original - Jaffa

• 1 cup water
• 4 Tbs gelatin
• 12 Tbs honey
• 4 tsp coconut oil
• 4 Tbs orange fermented Cod liver oil
• 4 Tbs chocolate Royal

Chocolate cinnamon

Replace the orange with cinnamon, and can also add an extra tsp of raw cacao powder. As there is stevia in the cinnamon, the honey can be reduced a little too.

Skate Jaffa

• 1 cup water
• 4 Tbs gelatin
• 12 Tbs honey (or replace some with stevia)
• 4 tsp coconut oil
• 4 heaped Tbs cacao
• 8 Tbs spicy orange fermented Skate liver oil

Choc Orange Cinnamon (makes 30 pieces)

• 1 cup water
• 4 Tbs gelatin
• 12 Tbs honey (or replace some with stevia)
• 4 Tbs coconut oil
• 4 heaped Tbs cacao
• 6 Tbs cinnamon fermented Cod liver oil
• 4 Tbs spicy orange fermented Skate liver oil

Anyway, you get the picture. You can mix things around a bit and they all pretty much work. You get the goodness of the gelatin and an easier way to take your cod liver oil. Skate liver oil has a lot of the same properties as the butter oil, so using either Royal or skate will complement the Cod nicely.

There was one combination that DIDN'T work as it separated into two layers:

• 1/3 cup lemon juice and 2/3 cup water
• 4 Tbs gelatin
• 4 Tbs coconut ghee or maybe oil would have worked better
• 100ml honey
• 30 drops stevia
• 5 Tbs orange fermented Cod liver oil
• 5 Tbs spicy orange fermented Skate liver oil

But I put it all in the mini food processor and zizzed it up and now we have a jar of citrus cod/skate gel. So that's all good too.