This is one of those recipes that belongs to another time and place, and probably should have stayed there. Savory Jell-O salads have always fascinated me, but I don’t get around to making them all that often. There’s usually a weird crunchy ingredient like celery or chopped nuts that prompts the gag reflex just reading……
Ingredient: lemon Jell-O
Charlotte Russe Imperial Sous Vide (adapted from What Mrs. Dewey Did with the New Jell-O!, 1933)
One of the more extravagant-sounding recipes in What Mrs. Dewey Did with the New Jell-O! is the Charlotte Russe Imperial. For those unaware (as I was), a charlotte is a dessert that uses bread or a cookie in place of a conventional crust or pastry. The filling might be anything from fruit to chocolate to custard;……