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Question:
Hello, every time I find a recipe for chocolate or white chocolate mousse it
always asks for gelatin. We are vegetarians and would prefer a substitution
or any other suggestions! Thanks for a great website!
Answers:
Agar - (know as
agar-agar and kanten depending on the source) is a
vegetarian gelatin. It's a whitish color, and comes in either sticks,
flakes, granules or powder, usually in a little packet. Most health food
stores seem to carry it in with the Japanese foodstuffs, or along with the
more familiar seaweeds (dulse, kalp, wakame, etc.).
For a gelatin dessert, you use two tablespoons of flaked agar to 3.5 cups of
liquid. The granulated form is twice as strong as the flaked; the powdered
is three times as strong. Play around with the concentrations to get the
right 'wiggliness' for you, since too much produces some real textures.
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