Fruit jelly properties

COCONUT RECIPES

FRUIT JELLY WITH AGAR-AGAR SEAWEED

Ingredients for 4 people

  • coconut2 and ½ tablespoons of agar-agar seaweed
  • 2 cups chopped fresh fruit or pureed (depending on whether we want to make it a gelatin chip or homogeneous). For example, strawberry and peach, or kiwi, apple and banana, or apple and strawberries,… etc.
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest or lemon zest
  • 2 and ½ cups water
  • 1 tablespoon apple juice concentrate, molasses or cereal or substitute water for natural fruit juice.
  • Grated coconut (optional)
  • Mint, lemon balm, sweet clove, cinnamon, (stevia,… optional instead of sugar)

Preparation

  • Marinate the fruit with salt for 40 minutes.
  • Heat water or juice to a boil and add the other ingredients (fruits, spices and agar). You must boil so that after the agar solidify.
  • Cook for 7-10 minutes.
  • Place in molds, dusting with coconut by the surface.
  • Allow to cool until the agar solidifies and unmold.
  • Serve with grated lemon or orange, cinnamon stick, cut fruits or leaves of decorative herbs, for example.

Properties

We get a delicious fruit jelly, rich in colors and flavors. And extremely easy to prepare!

Furthermore, its soluble fiber content can help fight constipation, so it makes for a perfect dessert in diets for the elderly, and perfectly compatible with a healthy diet.

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This article was endorsed by Elisenda Carballido - Dietitian nutritionist. Postgraduate in Phytotherapy and master in Nutrition and Metabolism.
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19 July, 2024

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