Keenes have long been not included in the diet of the modern family, and in vain, it is a useful, delicious dish and delicacy for children. How to cook a thick kissel?
Kissel is boiled from fruit bras, dried fruits, compotes, juices, jams, drinks of their own canning, berries, milk, with the addition of condensed milk and chocolate.
Starch is always used for cooking, it is responsible for the consistency of the jelly. The thick you want Kissel, the more you need starch. Basically, potato, less often wheat, corn and rice starch is used.
To obtain a thick jel, it is necessary for one liter of liquid 75-80 g (3 table l.) Starch; For the medium thick, it will take 40-45 g (2 tbsp.) Potato flour; Liquid kissel is obtained if you add 30-35 g (1 tbsp. Spoon) starch. Thick kissel is obtained from potato starch.
In order not to confuse starch, it should be aware of its properties: potato starch has a whitish color, slightly blends the blue, hurts to the touch. Corn soft, similar to flour, slightly molds a golden tint, silky on the touch. Potato flour gives 2 times more density than corn.
The main thing in cooking jelly does not boil it, but bring to a boil, as soon as bubbles appear, you need to remove kissel from the fire. This concerns potato jelly, and corn - need to be boiled up to 5 minutes.
A multi-layered dish can be prepared from thick jelly. Layers can be milky-chocolate fruit.
Starch is bred in cool water in advance, if you add it to a hot liquid, it will turn out, from which it turns out a lot of lumps.
The method of preparation of the jelly: first cooked compote, it can be cooked from juice with the addition of jam, can be made of fresh fruit, the sugar is added. Shipping until the broth, removing the berries, you can strain the contents. Only then add the diluted starch with a thin jet, stirring, bring to a boil, in order to avoid the appearance of lumps.
Properly cooked kissel, a pledge of a delicious dessert. Also, this dish facilitates the state of the stomach, enveloping it, helps suffering ulcers and gastritis faster to get rid of the illness.