Coconut Osmanthus Jelly 桂花椰汁糕
I’ve shared a few recipes (osmanthus chia seed chiffon cake, osmanthus tang yuan, osmanthus soy milk egg tarts ) using dried osmanthus flowers on my blog before as I really like the sweet and floral scent of osmanthus, The weather is getting warmer and humid these few days, so I made this coconut osmanthus jelly over the weekend for my family to enjoy. The combination of coconut milk and osmanthus complemented well with each other. This cooling dessert is very easy to make just by using a very basic agar agar recipe. Once set, you can see the coconut milk and osmanthus liquid separated into 2 layers of jelly. Furthermore the jelly looks cute and pretty with the little flowers when unmoulded before serve.
Coconut Osmanthus Jelly
Ingredients
- 2.5 tbsp dried osmanthus flowers
- 1000 ml water
- 180 g caster sugar
- 1 packet - 10g agar agar powder + 1 tsp
- 250 ml coconut milk
Instructions
- In a pot, add water, sugar and agar agar powder together. Turn on medium heat, stir till sugar dissolved and add dried osmanthus flowers into liquid. Stir to boil under medium heat. Lower heat and continue to stir mixture for another minute. Remove osmanthus flowers with a sieve but reserve some for decoration.
- Pour in the coconut milk, stir well and bring mixture to a boil again and off heat.
- Scoop liquid mixture into moulds or serving cups (stir the liquid mixture before each pouring. This will makes equal thickness of the coconut milk after the jelly is set) leave to cool and chill for a few hours in refrigerator before serving. **Once set, you can see the coconut milk and osmanthus liquid separated into 2 layers of jelly
桂花椰汁糕
- 桂花味加上椰汁味道非常般配,做法非常簡單。冰冰凉凉的,最适合悶熱的天气享用。
材料:
- 2.5汤匙 桂花干
- 1000毫升 水
- 180克 细砂糖
- 1包 (10克) 菜燕粉 + 1茶匙
- 250毫升 椰浆
做法:
- 将水,细糖及菜燕粉一起放入锅内。 用中火搅拌至糖融化,然后放入桂花干搅煮至滚。改换小火,再继续不停搅拌一分钟。用小的过滤网舀出煮过的桂花干,留下少许做装饰。
- 接着倒入椰浆,混匀后再继续煮至滚即可,熄火。
- 将菜燕液体倒入摸子或杯子里(燕液体倒入杯子之前必须搅拌一下,这样那层椰浆液体凝固后才不会呈现出厚薄),待凉后收进冰箱冷藏数小时即可享用。**冷藏凝固后就会自然呈现一层桂花和椰汁物体。
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Hi there!
Does it matter if I use gelatin or konnyaku jelly powder? What are differences between the 3 types of powder?
Thanks!
ET
Hi ET,
1. Gelatin is soft type texture and is quite difficult to remove the jelly from the mould. Also takes longer time to set.
2. You can’t get the jelly in two layers as the konnyaku jelly set quickly.
3. Agar agar is firm type of jelly and will not melt in room temperature.
Hi Ann. As always elegant looking jelly. Question. The osmanthus flowers are placed on the agar agar after unmoulding? Hope u can clarify.thanks Chloe
Hi Chloe, You don’t have to place the osmanthus flowers after unmoulding. The picture with some osmanthus flowers on top was just for photography purpose.
I would love this any time of the weather, more so now in this humid and hot weather!
they looks so cute and pretty
Adorable and a perfect summer treat!
Hi there!
Does it matter if I use gelatin or konnyaku jelly powder? What are differences between the 3 types of powder?
Thanks!
ET
Hi ET,
1. Gelatin is soft type texture and is quite difficult to remove the jelly from the mould. Also takes longer time to set.
2. You can’t get the jelly in two layers as the konnyaku jelly set quickly.
3. Agar agar is firm type of jelly and will not melt in room temperature.
Hi Ann. As always elegant looking jelly. Question. The osmanthus flowers are placed on the agar agar after unmoulding? Hope u can clarify.thanks Chloe
Hi Chloe, You don’t have to place the osmanthus flowers after unmoulding. The picture with some osmanthus flowers on top was just for photography purpose.
they looks so cute and pretty
I would love this any time of the weather, more so now in this humid and hot weather!
Adorable and a perfect summer treat!