Milk jelly: an original and unusual recipe

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

For a long time, kissels were prepared in Russia, first oatmeal, then on potato or corn starch. Because of the starch, the dish is high-calorie, but thanks to the berries, it is very he althy. Milk jelly is loved by both children and adults; various additives are added to it: berries, chocolate, jam, nuts.

Some useful tips

To prepare 200 g (1 serving) of thick jelly, you will need 15-20 g of starch, 7-10 g for medium density, 4-8 g for liquid jelly.

To make the drink homogeneous, pour starch, previously diluted in cold water, into boiling syrup, while stirring quickly. If you gradually and slowly stir it, then it will turn out with lumps. Diluted starch should be poured closer to the walls of the pan.

To preserve the bright color and give a sweet and sour taste to fruit and berry jelly, it is better to add 2-3 g of citric acid to it beforehand.

In a hot drink, before it has cooled down, you can add vanillin or almond essence (3-4 drops), grated orange or lemon zest for flavor.

To easily separate the thick chilled jelly from the mold, it is advisable to rinse it with water beforehand.

The longer you boil it, the more it will liquefy.

When preparing milk jelly, use corn starch instead, as it will make the taste more tender. Only it will need a little more than potato, for about 1 liter of liquid, add another 1 tablespoon

If hot milk jelly is lightly sprinkled with sugar, then a film will not form on it.

One of the most famous available desserts is jelly, the recipe of which we will now get acquainted with.

Products that we need to make milk jelly (calorie content depends on the fat content of milk):

• milk - 3 cups;
• starch - 4 tablespoons;
• sugar - 4 tablespoons;
• vanillin.

For making berry jelly:

• water - 2 cups;
• starch - 3 tablespoons;
• sugar - 4 tablespoons;
• any berries (raspberries, strawberries, cranberries or currants) - 200g

Pour the milk into a pan with a non-stick coating or just with a thick bottom so that it does not burn, bring it to a boil, then add the sugar, stirring slowly. Separately, carefully dilute the starch without lumps in 0.5 tbsp. cold milk. As soon as it boils, pour in the pre-diluted starch in a thin stream, while stirring continuously.

Cook milk jelly over low heat for 3 minutes, adda pinch of vanillin, set aside and cool, stirring occasionally to avoid the formation of a film. You can sprinkle some sugar on top of it.

In the meantime, the milk jelly is cooling down, let's prepare the berry jelly. To do this, we need only ripe and juicy fruits, you can use frozen ones. We wash the berries well, knead thoroughly or rub through a sieve. Now pour the squeezed juice into a saucepan, add sugar and set to boil. As soon as the juice boils, immediately pour the pre-diluted starch into it and stir continuously. Cook for 2 minutes, then cool.

You can serve them separately, like two different dishes, pouring them into separate containers, but this is quite simple and banal, so you want something unusual and tasty.

The recipe for double jelly, reminiscent of a whirlpool, will appeal to many. This is not only a delicious dish, but also a very original one that will decorate your table.

Cool kissels to a temperature slightly above room temperature. We take a glass or other glass container and begin to pour them a little at a time, while scrolling the glass. An incredible whirlpool effect is created. Kissel can be topped with a few berries.