Desserts with agar-agar: simple recipes

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Desserts with agar-agar are very light, tasty and he althy. Agar-agar is the basis of many dishes: Turkish delight, marshmallow, panna cotta, and jelly. It quickly hardens, has no smell and taste, therefore it is used more often than gelatin. Agar-agar, translated from the Malay language, means "jelly", which speaks of its culinary purpose. It is obtained from seaweed and has been used in Southeast Asia for a long time.

Classic panna cotta on agar-agar

Ingredients:

• Glass of milk.
• Teaspoon of agar-agar.
• Heavy cream - two cups.
• S alt - one pinch.
• Vanilla extract - one teaspoon.
• Sour cream - one glass.

Ingredients for sauce:

• Any berries - two glasses (you can take raspberries and strawberries).
• Sugar - three tablespoons.
• Half a tablespoon of lemon juice.

Cooking panna cotta

Pour milk into a saucepan and add agar-agar. Leave it all onA couple of minutes. Then put the pan on a small fire and heat the mixture until the liquid becomes homogeneous, without bringing to a boil. Now add sugar, cream, s alt and vanilla without removing from heat. Heat, stirring, for about five more minutes, until the sugar is completely dissolved, but try not to bring to a boil. Now take everything off the heat and let it cool for five minutes.

Pour the sour cream into a bowl and beat with a mixer for several minutes. Whisking constantly, pour in the hot cream. When the mixture becomes homogeneous, distribute it among bowls or glasses. Store in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours until completely set.

Make berry sauce: In a small saucepan, combine half a tablespoon of lemon juice, a glass of berries, three tablespoons of sugar. Bring to a slight boil and simmer for a few minutes or until syrupy. Now pour in the remaining berries and remove the mixture from the heat. Let cool to room temperature and spread with a spoon on top of the finished panna cotta. The dish is now ready to be served.

Agar agar curd cake

Cottage cheese is necessary for any person, because it contains a lot of calcium. But it is very difficult to persuade children to eat this he althy product. But cottage cheese can be hidden inside a delicious dessert, and children will not even suspect that they are eating it. And the cake is very difficult to refuse, because this product is almost not felt in it, and cocoa and banana make it completely invisible.

Desserts with agar-agar are very popular. This ingredientYou can buy it in special shops for confectioners or in a supermarket. Sometimes it can be replaced with gelatin, but gelatin can give the dessert a not very pleasant aftertaste. Keep in mind that gelatin will only set in the refrigerator, and you need to work with agar-agar very quickly because it starts to set already at room temperature.

Ingredients for Agar Soufflé Recipe:

• 100 grams low-fat soft cottage cheese.
• One and a half tablespoons of honey.
• One banana.
• One tablespoon of cocoa.

For filling:

• Teaspoon of agar-agar.
• A tablespoon of cocoa.
• Half teaspoon vanilla sugar
• 100 g of water.

For chocolate icing:

• One and a half tablespoons of cocoa powder.
• One tablespoon of honey.
• One dessert spoon of vegetable oil.
• Four table spoons of water.

Cooking instructions

Soak agar-agar in cold water for five to ten minutes. In a deep bowl, mix cottage cheese with mashed banana, cocoa powder and water. We mix them with a blender. Add vanilla sugar, cocoa to agar-agar and put on a small fire, bringing to a boil. We boil for two minutes, not exceeding a temperature of 110 °. If you use gelatin, in no case bring it to a boil, otherwise it will lose its properties. Now mix the mousse base with the liquid part and beat it with a mixer. This should be done quickly so that the agar-agar does not have time to seize in lumps, as the curdthe mass is cool.

Agar-agar hardens very quickly, therefore, without wasting time, lay it out in molds. You can put the whole dessert in one form, you can do it in portions. Now we put the molds in the refrigerator for fifteen minutes. Dessert on agar-agar is good because it does not begin to melt at room temperature, like dessert on gelatin. We release the finished dessert from the mold, sprinkle cocoa on top, decorate with mint leaves and nuts. A wonderful cottage cheese delicious cake on agar-agar is ready! Bon appetit!

Agar-agar coffee dessert

Ingredients:

• Strong coffee - 100 ml.
• 10% cream or soft tofu - 400g
• Fructose or coconut sugar - two to four tablespoons.
• Walnuts or ground hazelnuts - two tablespoons.
• Agar-agar - one teaspoon.

Mix all of the above ingredients, but without the agar yet. Put on fire and, stirring all the time, add agar-agar. Bring to a boil and simmer for about thirty seconds. Pour into cups or molds and chill in the refrigerator.

Apple Marshmallow

Marshmallow with agar-agar at home from apples on mulled wine will make everyone who has tried it admire. It turns out very fragrant, sweet and spicy, so it is perfect for the Christmas holidays.

Ingredients for making mulled wine:

• 150 grams of semi-sweet red wine.
• One orange.
• Twotablespoons of spices.

Ingredients for apple puree:

• One egg white.
• 130 g of granulated sugar.
• 150 g apple puree.

Ingredients for syrup:

• 250 g of granulated sugar.
• 7 g agar-agar.
• 100 g semi-sweet red wine.

Cooking marshmallows with agar-agar at home

First you need to make apple puree. It is best to take granny smith apples for this dessert. We wash them, cut and take out the core. Spread the apple halves on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for fifteen minutes at 200 °. We put the baked apples in a blender bowl directly with the peel, grind to a puree. Then this puree must be rubbed through a fine sieve and put in the refrigerator for several hours in order for it to cool.

Prepare mulled wine in advance. In a small saucepan, boil red wine with half an orange and special spices for mulled wine. Remove from the stove and insist for about half an hour. Then we filter and cool. Before starting the process of making marshmallows, take pastry bags with nozzles and a Teflon mat or baking paper where you will plant marshmallows. In a bowl, beat the apple puree, protein and granulated sugar in a good strong foam. You can beat with a regular hand mixer.

Now that the puree is whipped, let's start preparing the syrup. In a saucepan, mix agar-agar, mulled wine and sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. We check if the syrup is ready, on a thin thread thatwill be pulled from the spatula, or we bring the syrup to 110 degrees, if you have a special thermometer.

The most difficult moment has come: whipping the marshmallow mass, at the same time you need to pour in hot syrup, while trying not to get it on the mixer. When the syrup is all poured in, continue to beat this mixture for several minutes. We immediately transfer this mass to a pastry bag and place marshmallows on baking paper. We leave it for eight to ten hours. Glue the finished marshmallows and roll in powdered sugar.

Agar-agar jelly with berries

• Sweet Ripe Strawberries - 300g
• Granulated sugar - 40 g.
• Agar-agar powder - 2g
• Drinking water - 250 ml.
• Lemon juice - one tablespoon.
• Honey - one tablespoon.

We sort through the strawberries, remove the tails and wash them under running cold water. Dry with a towel, put in a blender bowl, add lemon juice and beat in a puree. Then take another saucepan, put granulated sugar in it, pour water and wait a little for the sugar to dissolve. Add agar-agar there and heat over low heat for about two minutes, without bringing to a strong boil. Remove from heat, add honey, mix well. Add whipped strawberries. Stir gently to avoid bubbles. Pour the jelly into glasses or molds and leave in the refrigerator for several hours. Top the frozen jelly with fresh berries, mint leaves or cream.

No Bake Cheesecake

This is a very simple but wonderful no-bake agar-agar cheesecake recipe that doesn't need to be baked and contains no gelatin. It is prepared on the basis of sour cream, cottage cheese, cookies and agar-agar.

Ingredients for cottage cheese dessert with agar-agar:

• 350 grams shortbread.
• 180 grams of butter.
• 400 grams of cottage cheese.
• 350 grams of sour cream.
• 200 ml milk.
• 150 grams of brown sugar.
• Two tablespoons of agar-agar.
• Any fruits and berries.

Crush the cookies and add the melted butter to it. We tamp this dough into a detachable form, making low sides. You can line the bottom of the mold with cling film or parchment paper.

Pour milk into a saucepan, add agar-agar and sugar. Mix everything well and bring to a boil over low heat, but do not boil. Grind sour cream and cottage cheese until smooth. When the milk mixture is ready, mix it with the curd. Now put everything on the cake and level it. Place in the refrigerator for four hours. Decorate the finished cheesecake with agar-agar with fruits and berries.