Wobblefest!

[susie_flo]

Ooh, my agar agar jelly has set! 
     
As you can see, the first one came out of the mould wonky... so I accidentally snaffled half of it in one mouthful.  Most of the others came out ok, though a couple of them took a lil bit of damage.
      
The flavour is lovely.  The texture is very light - only-just-jelly...  it explodes into a fruit smoothie inside your mouth.  I might use a smidge more agar agar next time, for extra firmness.
    
This was a very simple first experiment...  
  
Ingredients were as follows:
600ml of orange and mango juice
300ml of water
60g caster sugar
3 tablespoons of flaked agar
Mixed berries
  
What I did...
1. I prepared the moulds with a thin coating of sweet almond oil (my moulds were fancy cake tins and coffee cups)
2. Divided the berries between the moulds
3. Dissolved the sugar into the liquids, then sprinkled the agar on and left for 5 mins. 
4. Heated the mixture to a light boil and simmered for 5 mins, stirring occasionally (until agar is dissolved)
5. poured into moulds and refridgerated
6. Waited an impatient hour and a half...
 
The first one refused to come out, and then landed with an unslightly splat.  For the rest, it helped to run a knife carefully inside the moulds to ease them out.  They came out ok but SOOOO delicate.  Moving them onto serving plates was tricky... a flat palette knife underneath ended up being the best utensil.
 
So G and I now have 6 jellies to get through before I can make my next recipe... 


 

  
 

Comments

[sara-lou.livejournal.com]

Wow! :-)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Finally there is guilt-free jelly :-)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks. Probably the same stuff I eat in my wine gums (and best not thought about...)

[gylfinir.livejournal.com]

How beautiful! Bravo!

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Lovely! They look like they smell and taste delicious.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

We just ate some with cream, they're totally gorgeous and so easy to make. I suspect jelly is going to have a renaissance in our house.

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

What about blancmange? I think it's time that was brought back too.....even though I am guilty of being lazy and making angel delight instead when I fancy that kind of foodstuff simply because it is quicker and bit less faff.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I'm not too sure about blancmange... it's been 20+ years since I had it, but I suspect it might just be the frumpy English cousin of panna cotta (which is purest sex on a stick)