How to make jelly candies?

Among the huge number of sweets, jelly candies are favorites among sweet bowls. On store shelves you can find a huge variety of delicious delicacy of various shapes and shades. But how much such sweets are useful? And is it worth it to give to children a product with a huge content of artificial dyes and taste amplifiers? Another thing is jelly candy self-preparation.

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The benefits of jelly candies

Candies based on thickens prepared at home have a multitude of useful properties, since they are based on only useful components - fruit juices, mashed potatoes, milk, cocoa, honey and other natural ingredients. Fresh juices that are often used as a base for the preparation of dessert, have low calorie, so fruit candies can be attributed to useful sweets.

Natural thickeners, which are used in the process of preparation of glare, also have a number of valuable properties. For example, gelatin is an indispensable source of protein substances, amino acids and trace elements. Products with its content have a beneficial effect on the condition of hair and skin, as well as strengthen the joints and bone tissues.

Pectin, which is often used to prepare marmalade, has cleansing characteristics and displays the body to accumulated toxins. In addition, sweets based on the thickener normalize appetite and have a positive effect on the digestive function.

Agar-Agar is a product processing of brown algae. This ingredient is often used as a thickener when preparing confectionery, including marmalade. Agar-Agar has a number of useful substances beneficial for the body, such as iodine, vitamins and amino acids.

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How to make jelly candies on gelatin?

The easiest way to prepare a useful dessert is to add to fruit-based gelatin. For the preparation of apple jelly candies, the following ingredients must be prepared:

• Apple juice (or any other fruit juice) - 250 ml;
• Gelatin - 75 g;
• Sugar sand - 100 g.

Cooking order:

• 1 step - gelatin powder pour into the container, and pour out fruit juice for 15-20 minutes;
• 2 step - to put the mixture on the middle fire, and stirring until the mass is dissolved;
• 3 step - in a hot liquid add sugar and mix well;
• 4 step - fruit juice with gelatin in forms, and leave in a cool place to frozen;
• 5 step - in a few hours of candy get out of the form, and go in sugar sand or powder.

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How to make jelly candies based on berry puree?

Alone prepared sweets differ not only by natural saturated taste, but also contain a huge number of useful components. In order for the body to receive the maximum amount of vitamin compounds, we recommend to prepare a delicacy based on berries of currant or raspberry.

So, how to cook a vitamin dessert yourself?!

• Step 1 - gelatin (1 tbsp.) Pour 100 ml of water temperature;
• step 2 - Clean berries (0.5 kg) Place in a saucepan and add 100 ml of water;
• step 3 - bring to a boil, and peak on medium heat 3-5 minutes before soft;
• step 4 - a lot to cool a little and wipe through the sieve so that in the end it turned out a homogeneous puree;
• step 5 - In the refractory capacity, pour out 1 cup of sugar sand, add a berry puree and put on a slow fire;
• step 5 - after dissolving sugar to the mass of add the gential mass and thoroughly stir up to a homogeneous consistency;
• step 6 is a berry liquid to pour into silicone shapes and cool.

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How to make jelly candieson pectin?

No less popular thickeners among Koulirov is a pectin - powder obtained from apple or citrus squeezing. As part of desserts, this substance has a beneficial effect on the body, providing a cleansing and toning effect.

Your attention is represented by the recipe for citrus marmalade candies based on pectin, which will fall to taste as children and adults. In order to prepare a delicious sour-sweet dessert, it is necessary to prepare the following products:

• 1 large orange;
• 1 medium-sized lemon;
• 3 mandarin;
• 1 cup of sugar;
• 10 g of pectin;
• 2 tbsp. syrup glucose;
• 2.5 g of citric acid;
• 1 tbsp. water.

Cooking order:

• step 1 - fruit thoroughly wash, remove the skin and divide on the slices;
• step 2 - Gently remove the film from citrus fractions to formed a lot of pulp;
• step 3 - in a separate container to mix 2 tbsp. sugar and pectin and toward;
• step 4 - In another dish, mix the remaining sugar sand and glucose syrup and stir;
• step 5 - citric acid dissolve in a small cup, adding water;
• step 6 - The pulp of citrus stems to be taken by a blender to a submissive mass and put on fire;
• step 7 - When the mass is heated to 40, it is not possible to add a mixture of sugar and pectin, etc. I constantly stirring my puree;
• step 8 - bring to a boil and add glucose syrup with sugar sand;
• step 9 - the cytrus mixture should be farewell until it reaches 105-106 C. This will require a culinary thermometer;
• step 10 - when the mass reaches the desired temperature, add diluted citric acid, mix thoroughly and pour into silicone shapes.

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How to make jelly candies on agar-agar?

 Along with pectin and gelatin, the confectionery is also used agar-agar - a substance that is obtained from algae. This natural thickener has a number of valuable components and low calorieness, therefore sweets on its basis can be boldly to use diet adherents.

To enjoy useful delicacy, you need to follow the following order:

• step 1 - pour 2.5 g of agar-agar powder 70 ml of any fruit juice and leave for 30 minutes;
• step 2 - Frozen berries (approximately 500 g) put in a saucepan, add some water and cook 5-6 minutes to softness;
• step 3 - berries cool and grind to a puree-shaped state with a blender;
• step 4 - To mass add juice with dissolved agar and stir. A total of 470 ml of berry puree;
• step 5 - we put the mass on the middle fire and cook about 5 minutes, constantly stirring to prevent burning liquids;
• step 6 - after the specified time, the berry puree is removed and poured forms - silicone in the form of various figures or square tank made of glass, pre-coated with food film;
• step 7 - a few hours later the mass will freeze, after which we get candy from the molds;
• step 8 - a frozen large layer cut into squares and collapse in powder or sugar.

As we see, nothing complicated in the preparation of a useful dessert. It is enough to show some patience and your work will be rewarded incredibly tasty, fragrant and vitamin delicacy.