Jelly is a light and healthy dessert that is very popular among those who monitor their weight.
Jelly from berries with gelatin - the basic principles of preparation
In order for the jelly to solidify and hold its shape well, it is necessary to dilute gelatin correctly. As a rule, manufacturers indicate on the package how much liquid the package is designed for. Many housewives buy ready-made jelly, which you just need to dissolve in water, pour into a mold and send it to freeze in the refrigerator. However, such a product often contains preservatives and dyes, so it is better to cook jelly yourself.
Gelatin is poured with chilled boiled water and left for a while to make it swell. Then the dishes with the product are placed on a slow fire or water bath and kept until it is completely dissolved.
The amount of gelatin is taken depending on the desired jelly density. For easy solidification per liter of liquid, no more than 20 g of the product is used, for dense jelly, the amount of gelatin is increased to 40 g.
When combining dissolved gelatin with a base, the temperature of both ingredients should be the same.
Jelly is prepared on the basis of juice, drinking water, milk, stewed fruit or sour cream. The amount of sugar is added to your taste. So, if jelly is made from sour berries, more sugar is added.
For aroma, vanillin, citrus zest or other flavoring is added to the base.
Recipe 1. Raspberry Jelly from Berries with Gelatin
Ingredients
raspberry berries - 150 g;
cognac - 10 ml;
5 g of gelatin;
20 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice;
100 g of white sugar.
Cooking method
1. Put raspberries in a sieve and gently rinse, so as not to violate the integrity of the berries. Separate a third and transfer to a plate.
2. Two-thirds of raspberries spread in a blender bowl and chop to a puree state.
3. Pour gelatin into a cup and pour 50 ml of chilled boiled water. Stir and leave to swell.
4. Pour a glass of water into the ladle, pour sugar, mix and put on medium heat. Cook, stirring until sugar is fully grown. Then add the swollen gelatin and bring it to a boil again. Add the raspberry puree and some of the whole berries. Cook over moderate heat, stirring for half an hour.
5. Place the bucket in a pan with cold water so that the mass cools faster. We filter the jelly through a sieve. We combine freshly squeezed lemon juice with cognac. The resulting mixture is added in jelly and mixed.
6. Put the whole berries on the bottom of the mold and fill them with jelly. Cool and send for an hour in the refrigerator. Dip the prepared jelly into boiling water for a couple of seconds and turn it over onto a plate.
Recipe 2. Lingonberry jelly from berries with gelatin
Ingredients
half a liter of purified water:
kg of lingonberry berries;
50 g of gelatin;
800 g of cane sugar.
Cooking method
1. Pour gelatin with boiled cold water and set aside to swell. Sort the lingonberries, put them in a deep plate, pour boiling water over and drain the water, leaving a small amount of liquid at the bottom. Grind lingonberries through a sieve, put the berry mass on cheesecloth and squeeze.
2. Add sugar to cranberry juice, stir and put on fire. Cook, stirring, until the sugar melts. Reduce the heat to a minimum and add gelatin to the liquid. Make sure the juice does not boil.
3. Cool the jelly to a warm state, pour into molds and send to freeze in the cold. You can serve the finished jelly directly in the forms, or dip them in hot water and put on a plate.
Recipe 3: Cherry-Blackberry Berry Jelly with Gelatin
Ingredients
15 gelatin;
300 g of frozen berries of cherry and blackberry;
2.5 stack filtered water;
white sugar - 100 g.
Cooking method
1. Place gelatin in a small bowl, fill it with boiled cold water, stir and let it swell for forty minutes.
2. Pour sugar into a pot of water. Put on moderate heat and boil. Put frozen berries, and bring to a boil again. Cool slightly and strain through a sieve.
3. Place a cup of gelatin in a water bath and completely dissolve it. Combine gelatin with syrup, mix and cool.
4. Pour the berry mixture into small tins. Put in the cold for a couple of hours until completely solidified.
Recipe 4. Sour cream jelly from berries with gelatin
Ingredients
12 berries of fresh strawberries;
300 g thick sour cream;
two thirds of the stack. milk;
50 g of instant gelatin;
white sugar - half a stack.
Cooking method
1. Put sour cream in a deep plate, add sugar. Knead everything with a plastic spatula until smooth.
2. Place gelatin in a cup, fill it with warm milk and mix until it is completely dispersed. Milk should be just warm, not hot, otherwise gelatin will lose its properties and jelly will not harden. Strain the milk-gelatin mixture through a sieve.
3. Pour gelatin into the sour cream mixture and mix. Free strawberries from the stalk, wash and dry. Cut each berry into four pieces. Put part of the strawberry slices on the bottom of portioned molds made of transparent glass.
4. Top with sour cream jelly. Put the remaining strawberry slices on top. Put the molds in the cold for a couple of hours. Garnished with dark chocolate can decorate the dessert on top.
Recipe 5. Milk Jelly from Berries with Gelatin
Ingredients
milk - one and a half glasses .;
1 g of vanillin;
300 ml of purified water;
full stack. any berries;
20 g of gelatin;
125 g of white sugar.
Cooking method
1. Put gelatin in a bowl, fill with water, mix well and set aside. Place the swollen gelatin over a pot of boiling water and hold until it is completely dissolved. Then strain the gelatin mixture through a sieve to get rid of lumps.
2. Halve the gelatin mixture. Pour the milk into a saucepan and boil. Add a couple of tablespoons of sugar and vanilla. Stir until crystals are completely dissolved. Cool the milk to a warm state and pour in some of the gelatin mixture. Shuffle. Pour the milk mixture into the mold and send it to the cold for at least half an hour.
3. Take a glass of any berries. Go through them and wash. Put them in a pot of water, add four tablespoons of sugar. Stir and place on a small fire. Boil it. Remove from the stove, cool and add the second part of the gelatin mixture.
4. Remove the milk jelly mold. Pour the berry mixture over it and put it in the cold for two hours.
5. Dip the jelly-ready dish in boiling water for a few seconds, gently turn it over on a plate. Serve with a hot knife in portions and garnish with berries or mint leaves.
Recipe 6. Jelly from berries with gelatin on white wine
Ingredients
frozen berries of blackcurrant and strawberry - 400 g;
sugar;
dry white wine - 150 ml;
instant gelatin - 20 g;
lemon juice - 20 ml.
Cooking method
1. Transfer the frozen berries into a container and drop it into a container of water at room temperature. As soon as they thaw, squeeze the juice out of them and filter.
2. Pour the berries with wine, add granulated sugar and lemon juice. Mix and put on low heat. When the mixture begins to boil, add the gelatin. The resulting mixture is poured into molds. We cool to a warm state and put in the cold.
Recipe 7. Milk jelly from berries with gelatin and ice cream
Ingredients
half a liter of milk;
30 g of gelatin;
150 g of ice cream;
a bag of vanilla sugar;
200 g of strawberries;
20 g of sugar;
black chocolate.
Cooking method
1. Pour milk into the blender bowl, add white and vanilla sugar. Wash the strawberries, dry them, remove the tails and put them into milk.
2. Add ice cream to the blender bowl. Set the bowl on the power supply and beat the mass until smooth and foam.
3. Pour gelatin with warm boiled water and mix until smooth. Pour it into the milk mixture and whip again.
4. The resulting mixture is poured into molds and put them in the refrigerator until completely solidified. Garnish with jelly sliced strawberries and chocolate chips.
Recipe 8. Cherry jelly from berries with gelatin
Ingredients
270 g of cherries;
mint leaves;
20 g of instant gelatin;
200 ml of grape juice.
Cooking method
1. Wash the cherry, soak it with a napkin and cut in half along the furrow. Remove the bones.
2. Fill two-thirds of the glass molds with prepared sweet cherries and mint leaves.
3. Pour a couple of tablespoons of juice into a stewpan and heat well. Remove from heat. Pour the instant gelatin into the hot juice and stir until the grains are completely dissolved. Add the resulting solution to the rest of the juice and mix.
4. Cherry with mint leaves pour grape juice with gelatin. Send the dessert in the cold until completely frozen. Serve the jelly directly in the form, or lower it for a few seconds and put on a plate. Jelly can be served with whipped cream.
Jelly from berries with gelatin - tips and tricks
- Instead of sugar, you can use a substitute.
- Jelly looks especially impressive in tall glasses or in transparent glass goblets.
- Jelly absorbs odors very well, so tighten the forms with foil before sending them to the refrigerator.
- To make the dessert beautiful, lay the berries on the bottom of the mold and on top of the jelly.
