Jelly is made of water, sugar, or starch sugar as the main raw materials, supplemented by food additives such as thickeners, with or without the addition of fruit and vegetable products, milk and dairy products, and other raw materials. Processed jelly food.
Jelly is completely solidified by the gelation of gelatin. Different molds can be used to produce finished products of different styles and shapes. Under normal circumstances, jelly products are made through jelly liquid preparation, molding, refrigeration, and other processing procedures.
Jelly is widely loved for its features such as crystal clear appearance, bright color, and soft taste.
How is jelly made? Can it be done at home?
Of course, you can do it at home! And it's very simple. The most important thing in making jelly is gelatin powder. Except that it needs to be bought separately, other materials are very easy to obtain!
Take peach jelly as an example today. After all, it is the season to eat peaches. We believe that everyone must have a lot of peaches that can't be used up. And this cup of jelly girl's heart explodes!
If you mash peaches into a pulp and solidify them with gelatin powder, you can also make a fruit mousse.
Material:
2-3 peaches
15g gelatin powder
200 grams of pure water
Sugar 40-80g
100g iced pure water
15g freshly squeezed lemon juice
Practice:
1. Cut the peach, use ice water (outside the recipe), add sugar, and lemon slices, and soak for about an hour. Pour out the water in which the peaches are soaked.
2. 200 grams of pure water, gelatin powder, and sugar, let stand for ten minutes.
3. Cook on low heat until it boils slightly, stirring constantly until the gelatin dough melts.
4. After leaving the fire, cool for five minutes, and slowly pour 100 grams of ice pure water into the formula to cool down.
5. While waiting to cool, put the peach pieces into the container, and when the water in the pot is below 40 degrees, pour in the lemon juice.
6. Pour the liquid into three containers equally, and add the peach chunks, the peach chunks are floating, and you can add some fresh mint leaves.
7. Put it in the refrigerator for more than 3 hours, and it is best to refrigerate overnight.
8. Other fruits, mango, orange pulp, cantaloupe, apricot, and kiwi can also be used to make fruit jelly in this way. Replace 100 grams of iced pure water in the recipe with orange juice, which is orange jelly.