Jelly is a delicious treat, loved by so many. Jelly is especially important in the summer, as it can save you from the summer heat, but it is also popular in other seasons, primarily due to its excellent taste characteristics.
Jellies of different brands can be bought in many stores, but there is nothing better than making jellies at home, with your own hands, because this is the only way to create the culinary masterpiece that you want, and not adapt to the options already made.
Jellies are prepared from berry and fruit juices, fruit essences, berry extracts, milk and other tasty and healthy products. In this article, we will talk not only about how to make jelly, but also about the process of making jelly in layers, the features of creating a delicious treat from various fruits and berries. We will not ignore useful practical advice.
How to cook jelly?
To prepare this dessert, you will need to introduce gelatin into a hot fruit syrup prepared on the basis of a decoction. The calculation of the added amount of gelatin is as follows: for every five hundred ml of water you need to add one and a half tablespoons of gelatin. When the gelatin dissolves, you need to combine the syrup with berry and fruit juice. To improve the taste, you can add citric acid, grape wine or lemon juice. After this, the mixture must be clarified, poured into a pre-prepared form and cooled. If you have fresh or canned fruits or berries, you can add them in jelly during pouring into the mold, then you will get a combined product that has an interesting pleasant taste.
Before serving the jelly on the table, the form with it must be closed with a plate and lowered for a while (literally a few seconds) in hot water, then shake and turn. Having laid the finished product on a plate, it can be decorated with canned or fresh fruits, mint leaves, you can also pour jelly with fruit or berry syrup, it is best if it is not the same color as the product itself.
Ready fruit jelly is a gelatinous mass that has a sweet and sour taste, and the aroma and color are used in the preparation of berries and fruits. And it will surely appeal to your guests or household!
If you want to make milk jelly, then you need to mix milk and sugar-gelatin syrup. In this case, cocoa, vanillin or coffee broth must be added to milk in advance, if necessary.
How to make jelly layers?
The process of making jelly, which has several layers, is different from the usual. Here you will need to start to prepare the gelatin: pour it with cold water, best boiled, stir, and then leave until swelling (usually necessary for this time is indicated on the package). Next, the swollen gelatin dissolves in the microwave or in a water bath. Ultimately, you should get a transparent homogeneous mixture that does not have grains and lumps.
The resulting mixture is divided into three parts, while one of the parts should be slightly larger than the other two.
We will talk about how to make jelly with three layers: cream, chocolate and cherry.
To do this, cream must be divided into two parts, after which the first is mixed with sugar and vanilla, and the second with cocoa and sugar. Both mixes are whipped separately with a mixer or whisk until all sugar crystals dissolve.
Two smaller parts of the prepared gelatin are added to the chocolate and cream mixture and mixed. Cherry syrup is added to most gelatin, sugar and lemon juice are also to taste.
In the molds for jelly, chocolate jelly is first poured into about a third part , then a tablespoon of cherry jelly. Next - a creamy layer, and only then - a cherry. Of course, each layer should be allowed to freeze in the refrigerator before making the next layer.
Such jelly is served in molds or without them, decorated with cherries - candied, canned or fresh.
So, from this article, you learned how to make jelly - plain or puff. Of course, these were the two most affordable recipes and you can always find others that turn out to be more acceptable to you. In addition, this is cooking, and here it is not only possible, but also necessary to show imagination. So that...
Imagine! Cook! Enjoy it!