Can you remelt gelatin

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How do you harden gelatin? What makes gelatin set? After many good and bad experiences all dreaded once , I learned my lesson and I wish to share my lesson here.

Gelatin is a simple stuff made from animal parts; skin, hooves and bones. The science behind gelatin is that it's a protein that sets upon cooling and liquifies upon heating. It gives a dessert, salad or pudding a proper shape that can be unmolded. The powder gelatin is made up of transparent yellowish crystal. You can't use it in a recipe directly.

You need to dissolve the crystals in any liquid preferably water, milk would take more time completely. The process is often referred as blooming of gelatin by chefs.

If you bloomed gelatin correctly and your ratio of liquid to gelatin is correct, your dish should set easily. No need to worry. Heat the liquid.

The heating will make gelatin crystals bloom well. And you can fix the dish that is not setting by heating it. You can also mix more bloomed gelatin while heating if needed. There is one disadvantage of heating. Something delicate like souffle would go flat and loose it's sponginess.

The air trapped by beating will be released. However, it will set and will be soft but not spongy and light. You can heat on stove or microwave, but keep stirring frequently with short intervals. You just need to heat and not boil it. Keep the heating process to be a stage before boiling point.

Since, gelatin is a protein that denatures upon over-heating and losses it efficiency. Remember, in the begining I mentioned that using a regular jelly don't confuse with quick set in dessert instead of gelatin always got me desirable result. Here's why it is so. Sugar and gelatin both love water and compete for it.

So right amount of sugar will give you shorter chain and softer dessert. The cubes do not have to be exactly the same size, but they should be around an inch square in size. Fill the saucepan halfway with warm water. Place it on the stove and heat the water over medium heat until it is just barely simmering.

Fill the disposable pie pan with the gelatin cubes and place it on top of the saucepan of water. The pie pan should rest on top of the saucepan, not inside of it. The problem with this is that ice crystals may form, leading to an uneven texture. The best method, if you still want the freezer, is to keep it in there for about 30 minutes, and then let it sit in the fridge overnight. Any ice crystals will likely not have enough time to form seep inside the jello, maybe just on the top. For small batcher 10 minutes is enough, then the fridge.

No, jello will not dissolve in cold water because it needs a bit of heat to fully break down and bloom. An important piece of advice: if you want to stabilize your whipped cream with gelatin be careful. You need the jello to be lukewarm and runny. Make sure it is unflavored. Whip the cream to soft peaks, so when the beaters go up to little peaks form in the cream, and they fold over gently. Keep your mixer on low, and gently pour the gelatin in a thin stream, like for Italian meringue.

Keep mixing until all the gelatin is incorporated, then continue mixing until you get stiff peaks.