Agar blancmange

Ingredients

• 7 g agar agar strips (or 2 teaspoons powder)
• 850 ml soy milk
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or a cinnamon stick, or a strip of lemon peel)

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Instructions

1. Add the vanilla extract to the soy milk (if you're using cinnamon or lemon peel, leave it in the cold soy milk until it takes on the flavor and remove it).
2. Soak the agar agar strips in cold water for half an hour, squeeze them well and pull them apart. (If it's powder, there's no need to soak it.)
3. Add the sugar and agar agar to the soy milk and simmer very gently until the agar agar dissolves, about 30 minutes (5 minutes if it's powder).
4. Strain it through a warm strainer into a wet mold, let it set in the fridge for about 2 hours and unmold it.

Nutrition facts

Approximate, per serving (about 154 g). Calculated with data from USDA FoodData Central.