Fresh Orange Jelly

"This jelly is good! For Vegetarian/Vegan option use agar agar."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
4
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Pour 60 ml of cold water in a small bowl.
  • Sprinkle the agar agar over the water and leave to soak for around 10 minutes.
  • Squeeze the oranges for the juice and thinly pare the rind of one of them.
  • Strain the juice and mix it with the sugar, rind and 340 ml of water in a large saucepan Now place the bowl of water which contains the gelatine/ agar agar in a double boiler and stir until the gelatine completely dissolves.
  • Bring the contents of the saucepan to a slow boil and stir till the sugar dissolves Reduce the heat and incorporate the gelatine solution too into the boiling water and simmer for 10 minutes or so.
  • Strain the liquid jelly into a wetted mould and stir in the rum (if you choose to).
  • Refrigerate to set for 1 1/2 hours.
  • Dip the outer side of the mould in hot water and turn it onto a plate and shake till the jelly slips out.
  • (YOu can cover the mould with the plate and then invert and shake to loosen) Decorate with segments of orange peel.

Questions & Replies

  1. What is the tutal volume of juice and water used for 35g of agar agar
     
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Reviews

  1. This jelly worked out well. I used agar which results in a more solid less wobbly version of this recipe. The units are the metric equivalent of common Imperial measurements in this recipe. Definitely worth a go!
     
  2. Light and refreshing - this made a great dessert after a dinner of Jamaican jerk chicken. I had a few problems with the unfamiliar measurements, but it all worked out fine in the end. I suspect if you have the agar-agar in a fairly smooth soft mixture, it will be fine. I did use agar-agar, which I have not worked with very much. It has a softer, more pudding-like texture than gelatine, which will take me a while to get used to even though I do like it. I served this with some fresh orange and grapefruit segments. Lovely!
     
  3. How much orange juice are we looking at in terms of ml. Made mine with 7 large oranges and 35g of agar agar but found it a little too firm
     
  4. I had a huge orange surplus that I needed to take care of so I picked this recipe. So, except for the amount needed for moistening and diluting the gelatin, I used only freshly-squeezed orange juice instead of the water the recipe calls for. It turned out great. I also added the rum but am not sure it made any huge difference since we couldn't really taste it. Maybe because I didn't use much water and the orange flavor was so nice.
     
  5. I made this for my friends pastry and jar baskets that I make annually for them and it was a big hit. They said that this is great on crackers of biscuits, and also that I need to make more, lol. They thank you very much and so do I for this great recipe.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I had a huge orange surplus that I needed to take care of so I picked this recipe. So, except for the amount needed for moistening and diluting the gelatin, I used only freshly-squeezed orange juice instead of the water the recipe calls for. It turned out great. I also added the rum but am not sure it made any huge difference since we couldn't really taste it. Maybe because I didn't use much water and the orange flavor was so nice.
     

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