Sakura jelly is actually a traditional Japanese dessert. It is incredibly refined, with a whole cherry blossom encased within the pink, transparent jelly. It’s so exquisite that you’ll hardly dare to eat it!
Whether you’re the observer or the observed, you will fall deeply into a dream as beautiful as the cherry blossoms. So, what is the recipe for Sakura jelly?
How to make Sakura jelly delicious? To make Sakura jelly, the first step is to prepare the ingredients, which include cherry blossoms, jelly powder, milk powder, and gelatin. The jelly base is made first, then the cherry blossom is placed on top, and the upper layer is made.
After freezing in the refrigerator, it’s ready. Let’s look at the method of making Sakura jelly together!
Sakura Jelly Recipe
- Rinse the salted cherry blossoms twice with cold water to wash off the salt. Then soak them in warm water.
- Add white sugar to the cold water in the pot and heat it over low heat until the white sugar melts, then turn off the heat.
- Add milk powder and stir until well mixed, then add warm milk and stir until well mixed.
- Add gelatin powder and continue to stir until cool.
- Pour into a prepared cup and refrigerate in a glass cup for one hour.
- Cut the gelatin into pieces and soak in cold water until soft.
- Put it in the microwave for 10 seconds to fully melt it.
- Add honey and lemon to cool boiled water for flavoring. Then add the melted gelatin and stir well.
- Take out the milk jelly from the refrigerator and put on the cherry blossoms.
- Pour the mixture from step 8 into the cup. You can use a toothpick to gently open the cherry blossom petals. After refrigerating in the refrigerator for one hour, it is ready to eat.
How to Make Sakura Jelly Delicious
- Break the gelatin sheet into pieces and soak in cold water.
- Pour cold water into the pot, add rock sugar (white sugar can also be used), and heat until all the sugar melts.
- Pour the softened gelatin sheets into the sugar water from the second step and heat until fully melted.
- Add an appropriate amount of lemon juice.
- Wash the cherry blossoms and pour them into the solution from the previous step.
- Wait until the flower petals become transparent, turn off the heat, add an appropriate amount of pigment, and stir well.
- Put the mixed liquid into a container, wait for it to cool, then put it in the refrigerator to set. It’s ready to eat when it’s set.
Tips for Making Sakura Jelly
- Put an appropriate amount of jelly powder in a bowl.
- Add an appropriate amount of warm water. The ratio of jelly powder to water is 6 to 100 grams.
- Stir quickly with a soup spoon to dissolve the jelly powder evenly.
- Add an appropriate amount of Sakura honey tea.
- Shake until the cherry blossoms bloom.
- Take a jelly mold cup, add the prepared jelly water, and put 1 to 3 blooming cherry blossoms in the cup.
- Put it in the refrigerator for 5 hours, then it’s ready to enjoy.