How To Use Agar Agar | Good Housekeeping UK

  • 5 years ago
Learn how to use agar agar powder with this simple step-by-step video from the Good Housekeeping Cookery team.

Knowing how to use agar agar powder is incredibly useful if you’re trying to make desserts without using gelatine or desserts for vegetarians. Agar Agar is a setting agent made from seaweed which means it is an ideal vegan or vegetarian gelatine alternative. It is an ingredient which is becoming increasingly popular as more people look to plant-based diets.

Watch this video until the end to learn how to use agar agar to make a simple fruit jelly. Agar Agar sets differently to normal gelatine products and you will find it comes out more firm, which is why it can be used to set fruits which don’t normally work with gelatine, like kiwis and pineapple.

Agar agar works like a thickener similar to gelatine and can be used in soups, jellies, ice cream and other desserts. Once you’ve mastered how to use agar agar, you can add it to all sorts of recipes in place of gelatine, especially South East Asian ones where the ingredient is very popular.

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