Jelly with fruit: how to make a dessert? Video
Fruit jelly is a simple and sophisticated dessert that can be easily made at home. The recipe is based on fresh or frozen fruits and berries, juice or syrup and gelatin. It is the latter that, when solidified, gives the jelly a thick consistency. Properly prepared jelly has a rich color, but at the same time remains transparent – pieces are visible through it.
There are thousands of ways to make jelly, ranging from the simplest to the most complex layered dessert recipes. Both exotic and locally available fruits are suitable here. Often, jelly contains additives to add spice to the taste, such as alcohol (wine, liqueur, and others). Often, jellies are garnished with cream, mousse, or yogurt sauce. Nevertheless, whatever the jelly, it is always served chilled on the table.
Gelatin contains the substance glycine, an amino acid useful for the body. Glycine is essential for the functioning of the nervous system, it helps to relieve nervous tension. Also, glycine is one of the sources of energy for the body.
To make this jelly you will need:
– a can of canned pineapples (1 pc.); – pineapple juice (1 l); – gelatin (30 g).
Before you start cooking, you need to fill the gelatin with apple juice. Do not add all the juice at once, use about 0,5 liters. After about an hour, the jelly will swell and you can start cooking.
Next, you need to heat the jelly, for this, pour the juice with gelatin into a small saucepan and heat over medium heat. However, it is very important not to bring the jelly to a boil. Remove the jelly from heat and add the remaining juice, then pour the jelly into the molds. Cut canned pineapples into cubes and add to jelly molds. Once the jelly has cooled, place the molds in the refrigerator. In a couple of hours, your dessert will be ready.
To make jelly, you need to observe the proportion. If you add too much water, the jelly may not solidify. With a ratio of 20 g of gelatin per 1 liter of water, the jelly will turn out to be trembling, and if you add 50 g of jelly, you can cut it with a knife
To make this airy dessert you will need:
– ready-made fruit puree (250 g); – instant gelatin (15 g).
This jelly is especially delicious when made with applesauce, pear or strawberry puree. Mix gelatin and puree and leave to rest for 5 minutes. Add sugar if necessary. Heat the puree in a saucepan until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Remove mixture from heat and let cool to room temperature. Next, beat the jelly with a mixer, the mixture should increase in volume and become lighter. Divide it into molds and cool in the refrigerator.
Curd jelly with canned peaches
Ingredients for cooking: – low-fat cottage cheese (400 g); – yogurt (250 ml); – sugar (200 g); – instant gelatin (15 g); – can of canned peaches (1 pc.); – vanillin.
Dissolve the jelly in a little cold water, then heat, stirring constantly. While the mixture is cooling, cut the canned peaches. Mix yogurt with cottage cheese and sugar, pour in the cooled gelatin mixture. Add vanillin and stir again thoroughly. Pour the jelly into tins and add the peach slices. Chill in the cold for two hours and your delicious dessert is ready.