Hartley's Strawberry Jelly - 135g

Jelly is the simplest British pudding there is. Jelly and ice cream is afters that never needed a recipe card, and Hartley's is the name most people picture when someone says the word jelly.

In Canada, people come looking for it because a party table or a Sunday afters does not look quite right without that particular red wobble. It is a small thing to miss, which is exactly why it gets missed.

It comes as a block of cubes in a packet. Break them up, melt them in hot water, top up with cold and leave it in the fridge to set. Unopened, it sits quietly in the cupboard until somebody asks for jelly. Use a mould if you want to show off, a bowl if you do not.

Hartley's is just as well known in Britain for its jams, and the two sit side by side in plenty of cupboards. People often pick up the jelly with a tin of custard or some tinned fruit, and suddenly there is a proper bowl of afters on the table.