Our sweet of the week is mitsumame, a Japanese dessert featuring agar (kanten) jelly. You’ll find its silky texture and mild sweetness delights your taste buds. We used caster sugar to make its ...

This plant-based alternative to Eton mess uses aquafaba to make the meringues and agar-agar to set the homemade jam and jelly. Preheat the oven to 120C/100C Fan/Gas ½ and line a baking tray with ...

Why don't more chefs use agar agar as a setting agent? So many cooking programmes have the chefs on tenterhooks because they don't know if their jelly dessert is going to set. If they used agar ...

Read more: The 20 Best Olive Oils For Cooking The discovery of agar was a rumored 17th-century mistake involving a discarded ...

1. First lets start with the coconut jelly. Into a saucepan, add the coconut milk, vanilla extract and 2 tbsp of maple syrup. Whisk in ½ tsp of agar agar flakes. Put onto the heat and watch for ...