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Gelatine
Also searched as: leaf gelatine, gelatine powder, gelatin
In short: Gelatine is purified . It dissolves in warmth and makes liquids set as they cool.
Picture it
Like a net in powder form.
What Gelatine does
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What happens
Gelatine comes from connective tissue. Soaked and dissolved, it forms a network as it cools that melts again at body temperature.
What the ingredient does
makes liquid setSetting with gelatine
makes sauces silkyConnective tissue turns into gelatine
Rules of thumb
- Never boil.
- Agar-agar is a plant-based alternative, but it has to boil and sets firmer.
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