ももゼラチン - II

After walking past the peaches so many times, I finally cracked and gave in to temptation. Since I was already at Donki grabbing dinner for the girls, I decided to wander over to the fruit aisle. 

It turns out that not all Donki outlets are the same! The Jewel branch only had one type of peach, but the Square 2 outlet had two different kinds. Naturally, I went with the sweeter ones.

on 5th Aug 

9th Aug

After days of procrastination aka laziness, finally got into action. Saw another video so used this recipe instead. 

credit to @sachi.cafe

Mistakes I made : (1) I couldn’t find a clear peach flavoured water so bought the tetra pack. I didn’t realise it’s mixed veg & fruit drink 🤦🏻‍♀️. (2) I cut my peaches too small but coz I was also experimenting with a new container so wasn’t sure if I should have cut bigger pieces + I was eating them 🤭. You know Japanese always have the daintiest size things, my loaf tin is huge. When I compare all the containers I have at home, the container that I used eventually is by far the best choice. 

Sugar level for canned DyDo Torokeru Peach Nectar is 10%. Sugar level for tetra packed Kagome Yasai Seikatsu 100 (white peach) is 9%. I didn’t add any sugar in my jelly, not sure will hubby even want to eat 🤭

Original recipe : 

材料（20cmパウンド型）

回桃 2個

い・ろ・は・すもも 200ml

ロ不二家ネクターピーチ 350ml

回牛乳 50ml

口砂糖大さじ3

四粉ゼラチン 15g

Steps for top clear layer :

(1) Bowl A - 150ml of I LOHAS Momo White Peach Flavored Water

(2) Bowl B - 50ml of I LOHAS Momo White Peach Flavoured Water. Mix with 5g gelatine powder. Use microwave to heat. 

(3) Pour contents from Bowl B into A and mix

In total the recipe uses 200ml of flavoured water. But I read wrongly and only used 150ml, I scooped out the 50ml from the 150ml. So will my jelly be hard? 🤣

The square container I’m using as a mold requires x2 portion. Meaning I poured 300ml of my wrongly purchased drink, scooped out 100ml and mixed with 10g gelatine powder and heat over the stove while stirring. Transferred back to the remaining 200ml liquid and stir

Pour into bowl. Set it for 1hr 

Ingredients and steps for milk layer : 

(1) Bowl A : 250ml DyDo Torokeru Peach Nectar + 50ml milk 

(2) Bowl B : 100ml DyDo Torokeru Peach Nectar + 3 tablespoon of sugar + 10g gelatine. Heat in 600w oven for 1 min

Again, I reduced the amount. I only used in total 250ml of DyDo Torokeru Peach Nectar. Scooped up 100ml from here and mixed with gelatine. Didn’t add sugar at all. 

Finger crossed this turns out well

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10th Aug (Mon) 

The verdict is in! 🍑

Taste-wise, it’s actually not bad, but I definitely made a rookie mistake. I decided to throw in a fruit and vegetable drink, and let’s just say it did not play nice with the milk peach base!

When I asked my hubby for his thoughts, he just nodded. Classic. Honestly, I’m not entirely sure if he actually likes it without the extra sugar! Personally, I’m a fan of this version—the subtle sugar from the base drink is plenty sweet for my palate.

That being said, if I were making this as a gift for someone else, I’d definitely stick strictly to the original recipe! 🤭

Let’s talk about another kitchen lesson learned: size matters! I made the mistake of cutting my pieces way too small. If I'm being honest, it's because I was busy sampling them (hey, they were delicious!). Unfortunately, those tiny pieces couldn't hold onto the gelatine well, resulting in a few stray gelatine bits chilling at the bottom of the container.. 

Finally, let's talk about the mold. I’ve been trying to keep things minimal by just using a square container I already had at home, but honestly? It’s way too wide to look right and ruined the aesthetic. What I really need is a sleek, narrow mold exactly like the one she used. 

In the kitchen

I have a long bakelist but haven't found the time to bake anything or make jellies (the kids favourite).
Yesterday, I embarked on this simple task to give myself a short one hour break. It was a decision between konnyaku and agar agar. In the end, I opted to make green tea jelly. I can indulge and yet can watch my waistline at the same time. Disappointed with the looks of Mickey. Made 2nd batch today. I love the looks of Mickey.

Mooncake Jelly

Was suppose to do my snowskin mooncake, highly ambitious this year by trying to attempt on the baked mooncake; piglet biscuits;ice-cream mooncake; jelly mooncake etc...

I tried Jelly thinking that it'll take the shortest time and then I can do the snowskin. Wrong! Looks like I won't be able to make it in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Will do it at a much later date.. haha! Very jialat! Wish I can really take time and ignore the kids but I can't... my heart can't seem to let go.

My jelly mooncakes :
The normal pandan agar agars (pink and green)
Pink comes with "egg yolk" Green comes without.

Kopi with "lotus & egg yolk". A hot favourite, I'm not a coffee fan but it's really nice......

Chendol with gula melaka filling

Dragonfruit with mango filling. Why purple colour? I dare not buy the red-coloured Dragonfruits coz' the colour look so fake. The white ones looked so ... inauspicious for this nice event. So coloured a little purple. Hmm.....looks like yam huh? Next time shall try that.
I don't eat dragonfruit so asked my tester, KZ to see if she can get the dragonfruit taste. She said yes so I quickly packed that in the afternoon in time to pass it to P when I saw her later at Berries
Managed 5 this time round. I'm tired. I know I know suppose to be even numbered. I or-tang... another 3 more next time to make it 8 - fatt!
I was working on it in a few days (explained in the later part of this post) and the last batch, I did the 3 flavoured (coffee, chendol and dragonfruit) until 1+am. Backache! Weary!

The small ones for P

Packed and ready to go. I managed to find these boxes in PH. But can't seem to find the box for the bigger mooncake, so used those tardy-looking transparent kind.

Using the extra chendols, I added in some adzuki beans to make it more appetizing. Oohs.... fattening!
Since I opened the whole can of adzuki, I did some red bean jelly

Kindda enjoy doing this, and it's the first time I used up alot of the pandan leaves. (usually I have alot of leftovers and they rot and then I gotta junk away)

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Preparation

The egg yolks and some plain yellow ones (lotus) were done in a day (when che-che is doing her work, mei-mei napping and KZ and me fighting for space in the kitchen)

Had to do 2 times of 1 litre each on 2 separate days coz' I didn't have enough those flat surface containers and not much space in fridge
Alot of scraps left after cutting out these shapes
Mango flavoured egg yolks
So called lotus paste with egg yolks. While I did this, I used the remaining to make the pink and green ones. In total I made more than 6 litres

Mango pureed filling for the dragonfruit mooncake
Mango filling + Gula Melaka filling
Gula melaka filling. I cut down on sugars for most mooncakes so don't know if it's still too sweet for some
I love these chendols. But I could have been more generous with the chendols.
Hmm..... don't know when I'll be able to make the snowskin and the rests. Ai yah! want to shang-yue can shang-yue anytime lah! - just trying to console myself