![]() Carving out the gelatin helps keep the excess gelatin from running all over the top of the clear gelatin and makes a center for the flowers.įor her assignment, she had to include the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary colors. This helped her make sure each flower was evenly spaced. We use this to clean out the syringes and needles so that the gelatin doesn’t dry and clog the needles.īefore beginning the flowers, she marked 12 places around the gelatin for each flower and carved out a little of the gelatin at each spot. We also put a cup with just water in it in the warm water. This keeps the gelatin at a liquid state giving her time to create the intricate designs and flowers. We put the colored gelatin in cups in a large saucepan of warm water on low heat on the stove. Click here for the colored gelatin recipe or scroll to the bottom. Second she made the colored gelatin with the three primary colors and a white base. Or scroll to the bottom for both recipes used in this project. Click here for the recipe for a great tasting clear gelatin base. So of course, my daughter decided to make a color wheel from gelatin with 12 different colored flowers all made with different tips.įirst, she made a clear gelatin base in a vintage jello ring Tupperware mold. The teacher even said they could make it edible. It could as simple as a crayon coloring or as intricate as they wanted to make it. High teacher assigned the class to make a a color wheel. The only bounds are your imagination and the urge for your kids to experiment.My daughter’s Jr. On teh otherhand maybe rainbow colored flowers might be exciting. Just be sure to let the secondary colors set where they will be covered or touch any subsequent coloring otherwise the colors will mix and run. You could add a yellow center, red surround to the center and top up with coconut jelly for white petals. If you go to the trouble of adding two or three colors to the flowers you can get some astounding flower shaped edible jellies. Making flower molds produces a really pretty result which will delight the children as well as you. ![]() Making jelly is a fun activity for kids and a great way to get them interested in a bit of cooking. ![]() To make the coconut jelly once again make the base Agar Agar and then add coconut milk, sugar to sweeten and a tiny bit of salt to balance the flavour.Īgain stir everything to ensure all the ingredients are completely dissolved and use straight away. If you want to add sugar then be sure to thoroughly dissolve. In this case the strawberry concentrate you are using will probably contain enough sugar to be sweet enough without adding more. Then add strawberry squash/syrup/cordial and thoroughly mix. To make strawberry jello make up the Agar Agar as before, mixing with water, standing for 10 minutes and then heating to thoroughly dissolve. You will need to keep warm and use pretty quickly after making it because as soon as it cools it will begin the setting process. and you are ready to pour it into whichever mold you wish. To make clear jello simply add sugar, stir to dissolve. Once the Agar Agar (or gelatin) has dissolved you can mix it use as a setting agent for the jelly of your choice.ġ. If you don’t wait and remove it from heat too early then the Agar Agar will not integrate properly with whatever you mix it with and so not set properly. Keep stirring under heat until these little spots have gone and you will then have properly dissolved Agar Agar. The clue to this is spotting tiny spots of material on the back of your stirring spoon. The biggest problem people have is watching the mix go somewhat clear and thinking the Agar Agar has properly dissolved when in fact it is only partially dissolved. You will know it has dissolved when the solution coats the back of a spoon without showing any small particles. ![]() Make up the base by adding the Agar Agar powder with room temperature water and allow it to stand for 10 minutes so that the water fully penetrates into the small powder particles.Īfter your 10 minutes is up, heat close to boiling, stirring until the Agar Agar is dissolved. Other times they are made into small fancies, colored or otherwise, made of simple jellied coconut milk. These coconut jelly desserts can take many forms and are sometimes layered to form pretty patterns with clear or fruit infused jellos of different colors. Use strawberry fruit, mango, cordials and other fruit to add color and interest to make some beautiful tasting desserts that are perfect finisher for a spicy Thai meal. Apart from the decorative flowers, you can make typical Thai desserts using coconut milk and Agar Agar. ![]()
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