Zephyr is one of the few options for sweets that are not only tasty, but also useful. After all, this is a completely dietary product that does not contain a large amount of fats and various harmful additives. That is why it is allowed to children, as well as nursing mothers. And in order to be 100% sure of its naturalness, we'll tell you how to make a marshmallow at home.
How to make marshmallows from apples?
Ingredients:
- sugar - 730 g;
- water - 160 ml;
- apples large - 4 pcs .;
- protein - 1 unit;
- agar-agar-8 g;
- vanillin - 2 g;
- powdered sugar.
Preparation
Agar-agar is poured into a small saucepan, filled with water and left to swell. Prepare the apples - cut them in half and remove the core. Bake them in an oven or microwave. Then, with a teaspoon, carefully remove the apple pulp from the skin with a teaspoon, place it in a blender and grind it to a perfectly smooth smoothie. Add about 250 grams of sugar, vanillin and mix. As the mashed potatoes are still warm, the sugar must dissolve. Stew with agar-agar put on the fire and, stirring, bring to a boil. Pour the rest of the sugar and mix. Boil the syrup for about 5 minutes. Ready syrup, flowing from a spoon, must form a "thread". In apple puree we add protein and whisk it well. Without stopping the whipping process, we add a thin trickle of hot syrup to the apple-protein mass. In this case, the zephyr mass should increase well in volume. Continue to whisk until dense peaks until the mass gets a temperature of about 40 degrees. Now we spread it into a confectioner's bag and on a baking sheet covered with baking paper, we form marshmallows. Leave our products at room temperature for about a day to dry up. It is very desirable that the room is well ventilated. After that, sprinkle the marshmallow with powdered sugar.
How to make a colored marshmallow?
Ingredients:
- sugar - 1 kg;
- citric acid - 1 teaspoon;
- water - 1.5 cups;
- soda - ¾ tsp;
- vanilla - 1 teaspoon;
- gelatin - 25 g;
- mint - 25 g;
- cocoa - 1 teaspoon;
- saffron - 1/3 tsp.
Preparation
Gelatin is prepared in advance - pour it 100 ml of cold water and leave for 2 hours. Sugar is mixed with a glass of warm boiled water and leave it for 2 hours. Saffron pour 1 dessert spoon of warm water, leave for 20 minutes and strain. Mint mine, dry it, let it pass through a meat grinder, or cut it into small pieces, and then grind it in a mortar. After that, we collect the gruel into a piece of gauze and squeeze the juice. Water with sugar put on a weak fire and, stirring,