Agar Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Make the jelly
Mix agar with cold water.
Add boiling water and simmer until clear.
Flavor with saccharin solution and fruit juice or flavoring extract to taste.
Set and chill
Pour into moistened molds and chill.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Agar
- Gelling agent that sets the liquid into a firm, sliceable jelly as it cools.
The step that matters
Simmer until clear. Agar must be fully dissolved in hot water before setting. Undissolved granules stay cloudy and can leave a gritty, uneven jelly once chilled.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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