Cocoa mango heat fighter (via Gourmande in Osaka)

It's l'agar du jour., my daily jelly. Today with unsweeted cocoa, a little coffee to wake me up, a few drops of vanilla essence. Inside a sauce of mango and lemon juice, tickened with pectin, to bring sweeteness and tartness. This dessert has a magic wand…because there was a hole to hide : I should have waited before adding the mango. Ideally, I would have put half of cocoa, waited then the mango, then more chocolate to seal it.Too hot for such … Read More

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Agar du jour : heat wave spiced wine pears (via Gourmande in Osaka)

That's not Christmas market yet, but… Pear juice agar jelly. And wine jelly, and Ceylon cinnamon… Pour a little wine. Add cinammon (powdered with a little sugar, or not). Enjoy ! … Read More

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Café au lait, revisited (via Gourmande in Osaka)

Yep, that's not your home breakfast classic. Coffee jelly in milk is a popular fast-food drink in Summer. It's better home-made. Agar agar. I prepare the jelly with 2/3 of the recommended water, then mix it 1/3 of very strong coffee. That works better with instant. Actually coffee loses flavor in the process, so it's not worth wasting your good freshly roast beans, as the result will be similar. You can add a little sugar, vanilla essence or coco … Read More

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Organza peach (via Gourmande in Osaka)

The veil on my peach looks like the precious fabric. It's simply kanten jelly, agar agar jelly (with strawberry juice and raspeberry liquor). It's much crunchier than standard jelly. Boil the agar 1 minutes or 2 hours… I mean it's quick if you use the powder (I did) and long if you go to take the seaweeds on the beach. I could do that, but I'm too lazy. Agar is stlightly diuretic. Sorry to say that in a dessert post, but it's in the good sense. … Read More

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