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Thanks for the recipes and tips on using agar...the gelled strawberry dessert

sounds like

what I'm looking to make! I'll pick up some agar flakes this weekend hopefully

and try it

out!

melissa

, " Alyssia " <deechun_sa_ngop wrote:

>

> Gelled Strawberry Dessert

>

> 1 cup apple juice

> 1 cup black cherry or red raspberry juice

> 2 T. agar-agar flakes

> 1 t. vanilla

> 3 cups strawberries, destemmed, and sliced

>

>

> In a small saucepan, stir together the apple juice, black cherry juice, and

agar-agar

flakes, and place over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to

low, and

simmer the mixture while stirring occasionally for 5-10 minutes or until the

agar-agar is

thoroughly dissolved. Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir in the vanilla,

and set

mixture aside to cool for 10 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a glass bowl,

place the bowl

in the refrigerator, and chill for 30 minutes or until partially set. Gently

fold in the sliced

strawberries, and chill for several hours or until totally gelled. Serve in

small individual

glass dishes.

> *Variation - try substituting other types of fruit juice or sliced fruit, such

as berries,

cherries, apples, peaches, or pears. Citrus fruits and pineapple sometimes react

differently

with the agar-agar so trying mixing them with other types of fruit for proper

gelling.

> Serves 4-6

>

> Source: http://www.veganchef.com/gelstraw.htm

>

>

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I may meet you in the store. These recipes I just posted will have there to

buy more agar and kuzu ... as welll as a bunch of ingredients .... and a

pressure cooker and pleanty of seaweed.

 

 

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" Melissa " <mapalicka

 

Friday, January 05, 2007 2:11 PM

Re: using agar

 

 

>

>

> Thanks for the recipes and tips on using agar...the gelled strawberry

> dessert sounds like

> what I'm looking to make! I'll pick up some agar flakes this weekend

> hopefully and try it

> out!

> melissa

> , " Alyssia " <deechun_sa_ngop

> wrote:

>>

>> Gelled Strawberry Dessert

>>

>> 1 cup apple juice

>> 1 cup black cherry or red raspberry juice

>> 2 T. agar-agar flakes

>> 1 t. vanilla

>> 3 cups strawberries, destemmed, and sliced

>>

>>

>> In a small saucepan, stir together the apple juice, black cherry juice,

>> and agar-agar

> flakes, and place over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce

> heat to low, and

> simmer the mixture while stirring occasionally for 5-10 minutes or until

> the agar-agar is

> thoroughly dissolved. Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir in the

> vanilla, and set

> mixture aside to cool for 10 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a glass

> bowl, place the bowl

> in the refrigerator, and chill for 30 minutes or until partially set.

> Gently fold in the sliced

> strawberries, and chill for several hours or until totally gelled. Serve

> in small individual

> glass dishes.

>> *Variation - try substituting other types of fruit juice or sliced fruit,

>> such as berries,

> cherries, apples, peaches, or pears. Citrus fruits and pineapple sometimes

> react differently

> with the agar-agar so trying mixing them with other types of fruit for

> proper gelling.

>> Serves 4-6

>>

>> Source: http://www.veganchef.com/gelstraw.htm

>>

>>

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