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Crafting a delicious, nutritious, and refreshing watermelon jelly is an excellent choice to beat the heat during hot and sultry summer days. The ingredients and steps for preparing watermelon jelly are as follows.
Aesthetic and Simple Watermelon Jelly Recipe
Ingredients for Watermelon Jelly
Watermelon: Opt for seedless watermelon to streamline the juicing process. However, if you prefer seeded watermelon, it works just fine too. Both round and elongated watermelon varieties are suitable for making this delightful jelly. Prepare one watermelon for this recipe.
Watermelon Jelly – a refreshing treat
Agar powder: You can substitute agar powder with agar flakes or gelatin powder. Prepare one packet of agar powder.
Agar Jelly Powder – creating watermelon jelly
Filtered water: Prepare approximately 200 ml of filtered water for juicing the watermelon as well as making the jelly.
Sugar: Despite the natural sweetness of watermelon, the juicing process may dilute it. Prepare about 100 grams of sugar to give the jelly a mild, enjoyable sweetness.
Making Watermelon Jelly
Step 1: Juicing the watermelon
Cleanse the prepared watermelons and halve them. Whether you cut them lengthwise or crosswise, it doesn't matter, as long as it's easy to extract the pulp, ensuring the jelly won't spill when stored in the fridge.
Halving watermelons – making watermelon jelly
Use a small spoon to scoop out all the watermelon pulp, leaving the rind intact. If the watermelon has seeds, strain and remove them completely. If it's seedless, you can skip this step.
Juicing and straining watermelon juice – watermelon jelly
Place the deseeded watermelon pulp into a blender, add about 50ml of water to the blender. Then, blend the watermelon thoroughly to extract the juice. After blending, strain this mixture through a fine sieve to obtain pure watermelon juice.
Step 2: Cooking agar jelly
Put agar powder into a clean, dry bowl. Next, add the pre-prepared sugar and mix it thoroughly with the agar powder.
Making jelly – easy watermelon jelly recipe
Bring 150ml of filtered water to a boil, then add the mixture of agar powder and sugar, stirring until dissolved. Simmer on low heat for about 3 – 5 minutes, then turn off the heat. Now, incorporate the watermelon juice into the mixture, stirring thoroughly.
Step 3: Making watermelon jelly
Once the agar jelly mixture is well blended, let it cool naturally for about 3 more minutes. At this point, the agar jelly mixture will be around 60 – 70 degrees Celsius.
Pouring watermelon jelly molds – making watermelon jelly
Use a large spoon to scoop this jelly mixture into the watermelon halves, ensuring it doesn't spill over. Once done, gently place these halves in the freezer compartment for about 2 hours until the jelly sets. After two hours, take out the watermelon pieces and transfer them to a chilled compartment for an additional hour.
Cutting watermelon jelly – simple watermelon jelly recipe
Once the waiting time is up, you've successfully completed your homemade watermelon jelly. Lift the large watermelon jelly piece, use a sharp knife to cut it into small pieces, and arrange them on a plate for serving.
An alternative method is during the pouring of the watermelon jelly molds. If you prefer not to use watermelon halves, you can choose custom molds. Then, place the mold in the fridge and wait for 2 – 3 hours before removing.
Watermelon jelly – making watermelon jelly
With this watermelon jelly recipe, you'll achieve jelly pieces that not only resemble natural watermelon slices but are also much more delicious and refreshing. So, there's no reason to miss out on this watermelon jelly treat this summer, is there?
Wishing you success with this delightful and enticing watermelon jelly recipe from our family lifestyle guide!
Posted by: Tran Thi Oanh
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