Main components of jelly

The main ingredients of jelly are juice, sugar and gelatin.

1, juice

Fruit juice is the main flavor source of jelly. Jelly can be made from freshly squeezed or concentrated juice of various fruits, such as apples, oranges and strawberries. Fruit juice not only provides rich taste and fragrance for jelly, but also contains vitamins and minerals.

2. sugar

Sugar is an important component of jelly, which is used to increase sweetness and taste. Generally, white sugar is used to make jelly, and the amount of sugar can also be adjusted according to personal taste. The existence of sugar makes the jelly have a certain shelf life, which helps the jelly to solidify into a hard shape.

3. Gel

Gelatin is the coagulant of jelly, which can combine juice and sugar to form a hard gel. Gelatin is extracted from animal bones or skin, and it is colorless or yellowish powder after treatment. When making jelly, gelatin needs to be mixed and stirred with appropriate amount of water, then heated and dissolved, finally mixed with fruit juice and sugar, and solidified to form jelly.

Detailed production steps of jelly:

1. Preparation materials: juice, gelatin, sugar and water. Choose the right juice according to your favorite taste, which can be orange juice, apple juice or other juice.

2. Dissolve gelatin: add a proper amount of gelatin powder into a bowl of cold water and stir evenly until the gelatin is completely dissolved.

3. Boil sugar water: In a small pot, add appropriate amount of sugar and water, and heat and stir with low fire until the sugar is completely dissolved to form sugar water.

4. Mix the fruit juice and sugar water: pour the sugar water into the fruit juice and stir well.

5. Add gelatin solution: slowly pour the gelatin solution into the fruit juice, stir it evenly while pouring, and finally pour it into the mold and put it in the refrigerator for several hours until the jelly is solidified.

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