Almond Agar Jelly & Fruit Salad (Almond Float)

Method7 steps · about 3 hr 50 min

1. 1

   Step 1: In a pot, add the water (2 cups) and stir in the agar agar powder (5 tsp). Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

   Uses 5 tsp agar agar powder · 2 cups water

2. 2

   Step 2: Once the mixture boils fully and the agar powder is dissolved, add the 3 cups milk and ¾ cup sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. If desired, bring the mixture just to a boil, then turn off the heat.

   Uses 3 cups milk (or unsweetened milk substitute like almond or soy milk) · ¾ cups sugar · five teaspoons agar fully boiled and dissolved in two cups water

3. 3

   Step 3: Stir-in almond extract (1–1½ tsp) and pour into the mold. Let cool to room temp, then refrigerate for at least 3 hours or until cold.

   Chill almond agar jelly · 180 minUses 1–1½ tsp almond extract · dissolved agar water mixed with three cups milk and three-quarter cup sugar

4. 4

   Step 4: In a pot, combine sugar (¼ cup) and water (1 ½ cups), and heat until the sugar is all dissolved and the syrup is just steaming but not boiling.

   Uses 1 ½ cups water · ¼ cup sugar

5. 5

   Step 5: Turn off the heat and add all "sturdy fruits", i.e. fruits that can stand to be cooked without turning into mush, leaving out anything that will turn mushy or discolour in the heat, like grapes and strawberries.

   Uses heat-sturdy share of the 3 cups mixed fruit, reserving delicate fruit · one and a half cups water and quarter cup sugar heated until steaming and dissolved

6. 6

   Step 6: Let cool to room temp, then stir in the remaining "delicate fruits".

   Uses remaining delicate share of the 3 cups mixed fruit · sturdy fruit added off heat to warm syrup and cooled to room temperature

7. 7

   Step 7: Chill the fruit in syrup for a few hours until cold so its flavours infuse. Cut the cold, set almond jelly into cubes and serve with the chilled fruit and syrup.

   Uses cooled sturdy fruit and reserved delicate fruit mixed in syrup · almond agar jelly chilled at least three hours until cold and set