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- From: Julie Leung 290-6565 <leungj@cuug.ab.ca>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Almond Jelly (Chinese Gelatin Dessert)
- Message-ID: <CsqKo2.9LM@cuug.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 00:18:06 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <3DR314I5@taronga.com>
- Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
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- Hi Dave, I have the name of the dessert and my own version of a recipe
- for you. This dessert is known in English as "Almond Jelly", or in
- Chinese as "Hun Yun Dou Phoo". Usually it is made with agar (extract
- from algae) but I've made up my own version of this dessert. It is not
- exactly as it is in the chinese restaurants, but I actually prefer my
- recipe. So, here goes:
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- Chinese Almond Jelly
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- Ingredients:
- 1 (or several, depending on how much you want to make) envelope of
- unflavoured gelatin. I prefer to use KNOX.
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- boiling water
- almond extract (in little bottles, is clear coloured)
- 1 can of fruit cocktail
- granulated sugar (white)
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- What to do:
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- Follow the directions of how to set 1 envelope (which is usually 1 mL,
- I believe, of gelatin). Instead of adding the whole amount of boiling
- water (it usually says 2 cups or something), add half water and half
- milk (normal 2% or condensed milk, or evaporated milk ... up to you!).
- Add sugar as it says to in the "sugar set method" on the KNOX
- envelope. Add almond extract to the degree that it 'smells nice'
- (sorry, can't think of another way to put this).
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- Stick this in the fridge until set. Cut into cubes. Pour chilled
- fruit cocktail over this and serve chilled!
-
- You can also change the amount of liquid you add (either water or milk)
- to change the consistency of the gelatin cubes. I like mine quite
- tough but the ones in the restaurants are "looser"
-
- Finally, you can also buy ready-made ("just add water") kind of
- packages for this dessert in any chinese grocery store.
-
- Hope that helps!
- Julie.
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