how to make jelly

jelly is an important raw material for making stuffed dumplings, and it is also a good accompaniment to cold dishes. What raw materials are used to make jelly? How to make it? How to make jelly stuffed buns and table dishes?

There are three ways to make skin jelly (aspic): First, fresh pork skin is used as raw material. In order to make the skin jelly delicious, we can use animal raw materials such as pig bones, chicken bones and scallops to make fresh soup first, and then cook the skin with fresh soup. Boil the pigskin with strong fire until it is 81% ripe and rotten, take out the pigskin, chop it as much as possible, put it back into the pot, add a proper amount of seasoning such as salt, boil it with low fire into a paste, pour it into a pot, and cool it to form a solid with a net structure. In the cooking industry, this kind of gel formed by boiling and cooling the skin for a long time is called "skin jelly".

secondly, gelatin is used as raw material. Gelatin is made from meat skin. Because pigskin contains about 79% collagen with a molecular weight of about 311,111, collagen is boiled by heating or hydrolyzed by acid-base solution, and a macromolecular polypeptide substance with a molecular weight of about 111,111, namely gelatin, is generated. Gelatin can slowly melt when it is heated, forming a fluid sol, and then it can condense into gel again after cooling. Therefore, gelatin can be used to make jelly. Making jelly with gelatin is actually the same thing as making jelly with fresh skin. The jelly made of fresh meat skin is also made of gelatin and then formed by gel.

the method of making jelly with gelatin is: choose 15 portions of edible gelatin at 18°E, soak it in water overnight, then add it into hot water or soup stock, boil it at 61℃ and dissolve it, then raise the temperature to 81℃ ~ 85℃ for about 1.5 minutes, then pour it into a basin and quickly cool it to form gel, that is, 111 portions of jelly.

thirdly, using Jianying brand jelly powder as raw material. The above two methods are not economical in materials, troublesome in production, long in time period and high in energy consumption. Especially, at a lower temperature (below 25℃), the prepared jelly may be sol and become liquid, losing its valuable economic value, making it impossible to produce it in summer and autumn. So some people want to use jelly powder to make skin jelly, but the skin jelly made of jelly powder is brittle and not elastic enough, and it is difficult to adhere to the flesh and bones, so it cannot be integrated. Recently, Shanghai Jianying Food Science and Technology Research Institute introduced a jelly powder, which can completely overcome the above shortcomings. The jelly has the advantages of saving materials, simple process, less time and energy consumption, no water precipitation, stronger toughness, elasticity and hardness than gelatin jelly, and can be produced all year round without temperature restrictions. It is mixed with meat and bones and is difficult to separate. Moreover, this jelly is rich in plant gum beneficial to the human body, which can help eliminate harmful substances in the human body and not gain weight after eating it. The preparation method is as follows: 1.8-1.1 part of jelly powder is weighed, added into 111 parts of cold water or soup, heated to boiling, kept warm for 11 minutes, fully dissolved, poured into a basin and cooled into gel, namely, 111 parts of jelly. Skin jelly can also be used for coloring, adding edible white pigment to become white; Add an appropriate amount of edible fruit green to make it green, and so on.

after making the jelly, you can make the stuffing of the soup bag, just chop the jelly with good taste and mix it evenly into the stuffing of the soup bag. The amount of skin jelly is about 31% ~ 41%, so the marinade in the soup bag made in this way increases and tastes delicious.

cold frozen strips are sold in street restaurants, which is very timely. Its preparation method is as follows: pour the prepared jelly into a basin, pour it out and put it on the table after it is frozen, use a small planer to plane it into shreds or slices, put it into a bowl (plate), and add sugar or sweetener if you like sweet food; If you like to eat salty food, add salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, soy sauce and Jiang Mo, minced garlic, chopped green onion, minced pepper and pepper; Some can also add some other spices, such as the juice of star anise, cinnamon, clove, Amomum villosum, etc., to make it spicy, fragrant, fresh and sweet, with a long taste and salty taste. It is a good food for home travel and catering.