Update: I have since made this recipe using agar agar powder and found it takes a little more than ½ tsp, so the calculation is close but not exact! Directions for both found inside the recipe card. So if the recipe calls for powder and you have flakes, use up to 3 times as much. So remember this lovely people! Agar agar powder is up to 3 times as strong as agar agar flakes. Perfectly textured, delicious tasting jello!Ībsolutely perfect to use in any recipe calling for jello – like my Trifle – or to enjoy as is! So I then used the same recipe but adjusted for the fact that I was using agar agar flakes and not powder, so used 1 ½ teaspoons instead of ½ teaspoon and then the magic happened. When it’s in the flake form you need up to 3 times as much as if it was in the powder form. And that’s when I found out from this article that agar agar is either in flakes OR in powder form. Needless to say that is a HUGE difference.īut when I tried it that way my jello didn’t set at all.Īgain…back to the drawing board. I found a recipe that said to use half fruit juice and half water and only ½ teaspoon of agar agar. if jello is meant to be a rock hard brick, then sure.īut there was no jiggle in that jello and that’s just not jello in my view. So off I went and tried to make a recipe that I found that used 2 tablespoons of agar agar along with fruit juice and a little sugar. So off I went to find some.Īn organic/health food store had some in stock, but only the flakes version (and at first I didn’t know there was any other version to get!). You know, lovely Christmas colors.Įverything I read online told me that agar agar was the magic ingredient in vegan jello. Usually jello’s use gelatine which is a by-product of the meat industry.īut I decided to rise to the challenge of making a vegan jello because I wanted to make a Christmas Trifle!Īnd in South Africa a Christmas Trifle almost always contains jello. I’m not much of a jello person really, which is good because it’s not something you find vegan varieties of very often. Wow, it took me quite a long time to nail this vegan jello recipe. ![]() Super easy to make and perfect for use in other desserts or to eat as is. Fun and fruity vegan jello with the perfect jello texture.
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