The first recipes of jelly appeared a thousand years ago, when in Russia oat milk was sour for cooking this delicious dish. True, they didn’t make it in liquid form, but in frozen form they cut it into pieces, which were served with hot hemp oil and ate with jam or milk. Today you can cook not only sour-grain jelly, but also fruit and berry desserts. And how to cook jelly, you will learn from our article.

Starch and Jam Jelly

The benefits of kissel for the body are invaluable. Doctors recommend drinking it for diseases of the stomach and intestines, for sore throats. Nutritionists are advised to include such a drink in the diet for those who are overweight.

Ingredients:

  • a cup of jam;
  • two tablespoons of regular sugar;
  • liter of water (boiled, cold);
  • two tablespoons of starch;
  • several grams of citric acid.

Cooking method:

  1. In a saucepan with three liters of water, stir the jam and place the bowl on the stove.
  2. As soon as the contents of the stewing pan begin to boil, pass it through a sieve, pour in the sweetener, citric acid and return to the fire.
  3. Then take a bowl with water and dissolve the starch powder in it. Pour the mixture into a languishing composition with a thin stream, stirring constantly, wait until the jelly boils, and turn off the stove. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = vR-rI57WkTw

From dried fruit

Delicious and nutritious jelly can be cooked in different ways.

You can also use dried fruits, because as you know, they have more minerals than fresh fruits. Also, dried fruits have a lot of fiber and other nutrients.

Ingredients:

  • ½ kg of dried fruit;
  • half a glass of sweet sand;
  • a spoonful of lemon juice;
  • citrus zest;
  • two tablespoons of starch;
  • two buds of cloves;
  • cinnamon bark.

Cooking method:

  1. Before boiling jelly from dried fruits, they need to be soaked in water for a couple of hours. If dried fruits are bought at the store, be sure to rinse them before soaking.
  2. Then we pour one and a half liters of water into the pan, put fruits, spices, sweetener, zest and lemon juice. We put the container on fire and boil its contents for 15 minutes.
  3. Then lay out the dried fruits and introduce the starch, which must first be diluted in a small amount of water.
  4. As soon as the jelly is covered with the first bubbles, we return the dried fruit, warm the composition for several minutes and remove the drink from the fire.

So that when cooling the surface of the dessert is not delayed by the film, sprinkle it with sugar.

Cooking from compote

From berry compote, you can cook jelly, which in appearance and taste will resemble jelly. You can decorate the finished dessert with whipped cream, berries or just sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Ingredients:

  • liter of berry compote;
  • three tablespoons of starch powder.

Cooking method:

  1. We put the pan with berry compote on the stove. As soon as the drink is slightly warmed up, scoop out the bowl and stir in the starch powder. It is better to sift starch so that the jelly turns out without lumps.
  2. Pour the diluted starch powder into the compote, mix thoroughly and remove it from the heat after boiling.
  3. Pour the jelly into the bowls, put in the cold so that it thickens well. Before serving, decorate at your discretion.

How to Make Thick Oatmeal Jelly

The oatmeal kissel recipe goes back to the time of the invasion of the Tatar-Mongol yoke. Such a drink is prepared today, because it is very tasty, nutritious and healthy. There are different ways to cook it, but we will cook a dessert according to an old Russian recipe. The taste of the finished oat jelly should be with soft acidity.

Ingredients:

  • 280 g of oatmeal;
  • a slab of brown bread;
  • half a liter of water.

Cooking method:

  1. Oatmeal should be poured with warm water, put a slice of bread and leave for a couple of days in a warm room.
  2. In order not to ferment our sourdough too much, it is sometimes necessary to stir. After, the liquid must be drained, and the contents boiled, adding a little salt.
  3. The ready-made jelly will have a grayish tint, which is not very appetizing, so pour the drink into a bowl and decorate it with fruit slices or berries. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = MlaZ3zDZIt8 & t = 105s

From frozen berries

In just half an hour, you can cook a delicious jelly even from frozen berries. You can take a certain berry, but it is better to use a berry mix. Fruits can even not be thawed, if that does not require a strict recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 420 g of frozen berries of raspberries, strawberries, red and black currants;
  • 140 g of starch and sweet sand;
  • 2.2 liters of water.

Cooking method:

  1. Defrost the berries and chop the blender if desired. Fill with two liters of water, add the sweetener and light the fire.
  2. Starch powder is mixed in a bowl of water.
  3. As soon as the berries boil, cook for five minutes, then pour the starch mixture to them, mix the composition and boil until thick. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = qb3yS8Hc3ww & t = 4s

Apple recipe

Apples for jelly can be taken in a variety of ways - fresh, dried, in the form of mashed potatoes, preserves or even stewed fruit.

Ingredients:

  • 3 apples
  • 1.2 liters of water;
  • 55 g of starch;
  • half a cup of sweet sand.

Cooking method:

  1. We clean the fruits from the peel and seeds, cut into small pieces.
  2. In a boiling liter of water, lay fruit slices, and after five minutes, add the sweetener. Cook until it is completely dissolved.
  3. In a glass of water (boiled), we mix the starch powder and pour it into apple compote.We wait until it boils, and remove from the stove an almost ready-made jelly. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = wy1SQz_UM5M

Homemade Milk Jelly

Even the most inexperienced housewife can cook jelly from milk.

As a thickener, potato starch is used or a corn starch dessert is cooked. The density of the drink, its density, depends on the amount of this ingredient.

If you want to drink jelly, then take two tablespoons of white powder per liter of liquid. If you want to get jelly, then double its amount. For flavor, put cinnamon, vanilla, or almond extract.

Ingredients:

  • liter of milk;
  • 70 g of starch and sweet sand;
  • vanillin (at the tip of a knife).

Cooking method:

  1. Pour milk into the pan, leaving a glass in which to dilute the starch powder.
  2. Preheat a little and add sweetener.
  3. As soon as the sugar granules dissolve and the milk begins to boil, pour in the starch mash, stirring the milk in a circle.
  4. After the jelly has a bang, put the vanillin and after three minutes you can pour the jelly into the jars. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = xHpCDcSzzWw

From blueberries

Blueberries kissel is often prescribed by doctors to children and adults during an upset stomach and other stomach diseases. Such a berry contains tannins, as well as many other useful vitamins and acids.

Ingredients:

  • 270 g blueberries;
  • four tablespoons of starch;
  • sweet sand to taste;
  • a pinch of citric acid.

Cooking method:

  1. Place the stewpan with blueberries and two liters of water on the stove.
  2. As soon as the contents of the pan begin to boil, strain the berries, chop them with a blender and return to the stewpan along with the sweetener and citric acid.
  3. Dilute the starch powder with water and as soon as the berry broth boils for ten minutes, pour it into the pan.
  4. Bring the jelly to a boil and remove from the stove.

Cherry drink

Tasty cherry jelly will be a worthy substitute for compotes and fruit drinks. Such a drink can quench both thirst and hunger at the same time.

Ingredients:

  • 350 g of cherries;
  • half a liter of water;
  • three tablespoons of sweet sand;
  • two tablespoons of starch.

Cooking method:

  1. We wash the cherries and, if there is time, we clear the berries from stones.
  2. We put the fruits in a saucepan, pour water, leaving a little to dilute the starch.
  3. As soon as the berry composition is bubbling, pour the sweetener and warm the compote until it becomes saturated and bright.
  4. Pour in the starch mixture. Once the jelly has thickened, you can turn off the fire. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = B4Zs03ZHlIg

How to cook jelly from a pack

When the season of berries and fruits ends, you can cook jelly from a pack. This product has its fans and opponents. Of course, a drink from a pack is difficult to compare with a natural product, but thanks to berry and fruit powder it is quite possible to cook a delicious jelly.

Before using the contents of the package, pay attention to the composition of the product. It should contain only natural extracts of berries and fruits. And also look at the expiration date and carefully read the instructions.

Cooking method:

  1. Pour water into the pan. Pour the dry mixture into a bowl and dilute with water (200 ml).
  2. As soon as the liquid boils, pour in the composition obtained from the powder, stir and cook for two minutes until thickened.

Despite the fact that jelly is a primordially Russian drink, it was loved by residents of other countries. It is better to cook it from natural products, because only in this way you can not worry about the presence of dyes and other “chemistry” in the composition.

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