Perhaps, one of the most tasty, light and useful desserts for children and adults is jelly. Today it can be bought without effort in any shop, and it is possible to prepare houses, having spent for process of its preparation about an hour. This refined delicacy can become the real decoration of a holiday table.
Jelly – delicacy from France
Today it is possible to find the mass of various recipes describing process of preparation of this dessert.
The word "jelly" was thought up by the famous masters of French cuisine. Quite so they called the stiffened weight from sugar, a fruit juice and gelatin.
The most various berries (bilberry, raspberry, strawberry and others), a fruit juice and gelatinous powder which began to be replaced with pectin or agar-agar recently enter a standard set of ingredients.
Pectin is the vegetable substance, absolutely harmless to health, having the sticking together properties.
Pectin can be applied to preparation of any jelly, but in process it is important to calculate correctly proportions, otherwise jelly will turn out opaque.
Agar-agar – the product received by processing of vegetable slime of seaweed of red and brown color. Also as well as gelatin, pectin has the connecting qualities.
Agar-agar (or just an agar) is prepared by the same principle, as gelatin. He should be killed previously cold water for 40 minutes, and then to boil with jellies, necessary for preparation, by amount of juice.
Secrets of tasty jelly
The real hostess has the secret of preparation of tasty jelly. Someone adds several drops of wine or liqueur to the recipe, someone puts preserved instead of fresh berries and fruit or dilutes the received weight with sweet syrup. But there are several rules which should be observed to make really tasty delicacy which will serve as decoration of a table if its tax, for example, on birthday child.1. Several drops of lemon juice will help to improve taste of jelly.2. It is impossible to use aluminum ware for preparation of jelly – it can spoil taste of a dessert.3. Before mixing it is necessary to warm up a ware bottom – it is so possible to avoid process of emergence of lumps.
Layer by layer: crimson delight
To indulge close to sweet jellies with raspberry (or any other berry), it is necessary to take: - 500 ml of water; - 150 g of granulated sugar; - 30 g of gelatinous powder; - 250 g of a fresh or frozen berries. Put water to begin to boil in a bucket, and then to pour there sugar and berry. In a separate bowl to mix gelatin with water. After swelling to connect this consistence to fruit syrup. The received weight should be spread out on ice-cream bowls and to put during cold for three hours. In the course of preparation of jelly it is important to show patience. When gelatin or any other connecting ingredient, is ready, fruit and berries are cut, it is possible to start magic safely. Slowly, layer by layer, it is necessary to lay all components, waiting for full hardening. Also it is possible to add milk, sour cream, chocolate, cottage cheese and even champagne to jelly. The main thing – that the dessert turned out transparent and the berries which stiffened in it were visible.