Recipes · inspired by Fruit Agar in the manga Kitchen Princess, volume 4
Fruit Agar Jelly
Fruit juice set with agar, the seaweed-based jelly that firms up much faster than gelatin, with fruit inside.
- Ready in
- 10 min
- Then
- Sets in about 20 minutes in the fridge
- Ingredients
- 4
- Makes
- 4 cups
- Level
- easy
Kitchen Princess is a manga by Natsumi Ando and Miyuki Kobayashi in which every chapter is named after a dish. This is our own quick, family-friendly version of that dish, not the recipe from the book.
Agar (also called kanten) is made from seaweed and is used for jellies across Japan and Asia. Unlike gelatin it sets at room temperature, so dessert is ready fast, and it is plant-based.
Make it a learning moment: leave one cup on the counter and one in the fridge and check which sets first.
Ingredients
Steps
Kids a child can do this step Grown-up hot, sharp or tricky
- Kids Divide the fruit between 4 cups.
- Kids Whisk the agar powder into the juice in a small pot.
- Grown-up Bring it to a boil and boil 2 minutes, stirring, so the agar dissolves fully. Add sugar if you like.
- Grown-up Pour the hot juice over the fruit and let it set, in the fridge about 20 minutes.
