Kissel is an ancient Russian drink. It has long been respected since it has a beneficial effect on the digestive system due to its enveloping consistency. This drink is very useful for those who suffer from various diseases of the stomach. Now on the shelves of shops you can find ready-made jelly, which is easy to fill with hot water. But we all know that only home-made products are truly beneficial.
In this article we will tell you how to cook lemon jelly. Thus, we get a double benefit, because lemons are still rich in vitamin C. Such a drink in a hot form will perfectly warm on a winter evening, and in a cold one it will refresh in the summer heat.
Lemon jelly with whipped cream
Ingredients:
- water 1.6 liters;
- lemons - 3 pieces;
- sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- potato starch - 0.5 cup;
- cream - 120 ml;
- mint - 3 branches.
Preparation
With lemons we clean the zest and three of it on a small grater, and squeeze the juice out of the pulp. 1.5 liters of water mixed with 2 tablespoons of sugar, add lemon zest and boil the mixture for 10 minutes after boiling. The resulting syrup is filtered, poured in lemon juice and again brought to a boil. Starch is bred in 100 ml of water and stirring constantly, pour slowly into the syrup. As soon as the kissel starts to thicken, we remove it from the fire. Stir the cream with 2 tablespoons of sugar for about 15 minutes. Lemon jelly served in a kremanka, decorated with whipped cream and mint leaves.
How to cook lemon jelly with apples?
Ingredients:
- water - 1 l;
- sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- potato starch - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- apples - 1 piece;
- lemons - 1 pc.
Preparation
Water put on the fire and bring to a boil, add sliced apples, grated grated zest and sugar. When the apples become soft, strain the jelly. Starch is mixed in 100 ml of water, pour a starch mixture into the kissel with a thin trickle, stirring constantly. Bring the jelly to a boil, boil for about 30 seconds and turn off the fire, jelly is ready!
The recipe for orange-lemon jelly
Ingredients:
- orange - 1 piece;
- lemon - half;
- potato starch - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- sugar - 6 tbsp. spoons;
- water - 1.3 liters.
Preparation
Potato starch pour 1 glass of cold water and mix. In the water, pour sugar, mix and put on the fire, bring to a boil. Sugar should completely dissolve. Remove the syrup from the fire. With a lemon, carefully peel the peel and three on a fine grater. Add it to the hot syrup, cover it with a lid and leave for 20 minutes. We clean the orange and the flesh cut into small pieces. Syrup filter, pour juice into it, squeezed out of half a lemon. There we add also slices of an orange. Again, put the syrup on the fire, but do not bring it to the boil. In the hot syrup slowly pour starch mixture, quickly mix. As soon as the kissel thickens, we remove it from the fire.
Honey-lemon kissel
Such a drink will perfectly strengthen immunity, because honey with lemon is just an unusually useful mixture.
Ingredients:
- water - 1 l;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- potato starch - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- honey - 100 g;
- sugar - to taste.
Preparation
From the lemon peel the peel, crush it, then put it in hot water, let it brew for 30 minutes, then filter the infusion, add sugar to taste and bring the solution to a boil. Starch is dissolved in 100 ml of cold water and gradually introduced into a boiling lemon decoction. At the same time, stir constantly, so that no lumps are formed. Then remove the jelly from the fire, add 1.5 tablespoons of lemon juice, honey, mix and cool. Now the lemon jelly is ready for use.