Hello and welcome to Todd's kitchen. And boy do i have a treat for you today
After experimenting with many many different variations i have finally come up with the perfect
recipe for todays video. So join today as we make jelly beans
First thing to do is into a bowl place two cups of
boiling water
then to that add in two packets
of unflavoured gelatine
The unflavoured is better because then you can flavour it up
anyway you like
and we are just going to
stir it through
just until the gelatine is dissolved into the water
now this is the part where you can mix it up
Use any flavour you want, im going to use a strawberry essence
You don't need to much, just a few drops
and you can also use some colour. Im going to use some
red food colouring
about three or four drops
and stir through
Now leave ir for about thirty minutes to cool down
don't let it harden
we are letting it cool down because we are using a plastic mould
I have two moulds here. This one is a silicon jelly bean mould
now i found this on ebay so you can search for it if you like
i have made a few few versions with this one
and to be honest im not happy with it
they do come out sorta looking like jelly beans
but unless they are very firm
its very hard to get them out
so im also going to use
im also going to use this mould, its more of a mini easy egg type mould and this one works out
far far better
so it's just a simple matter of
grabbing your mixture
and just fill up
all the holes in this one
and with the remaining mixture
im just going to
fill up these mini type easter egg ones
so when it comes down to what mould you want to use i highly recommend you just use this
easter egg type one because your just wasting your tina and money
by buying
the silicon
this silicon mould
but im doing it with the silicon mould anyway just incase you want to
just so you can see the end results
so once done we are going to place these into the fridge
for about two hours to completely set
what i do recommend especially with the silicon one
is to place it in the freezer for an additional forty minutes
just to harden up the jellies inside
it will make it easier to get them out
So i have just taken these out of the freezer
now these are the half easter egg type versions
as you can see they have
turned out pretty good
this was also in the freezer
if you squeeze it open you can just
see them
falling out
not place these into a bowl
allot of the times they will break when they come out
but these seem to come out all right
it also depends on how thick
you made the gelatine mixture
so we have all our jelly beans here
with two versions, the half egg
and the smaller bean type version
now the final step is they are not a jelly bean until they have that hard outer shell
so to create the outer shell, theres two ways of doing it
you can use corn starch
which works well
or you can also use icing sugar
which is like super super fine sugar or confectionery sugar and what that does is
it absorbs a lot of the excess moisture from the jelly
to make it a more
dry jelly
and while attaching itself to the jelly at the same time it
crates
the harder outer shell
so no measurements required here, put enough
so we cover
each one, more the better
and mix it through
and continue until they are completely covered
You might have to do it a number of times
as you can see with this one for example
its absolving some liquid so its coming up clear again
so just keep adding
the icing sugar
until they are all white. So once done let this sit
at room temperature
for about two days
and after two days its going to absorb all that liquid
and its going to also create a hard outer shell
They will not be as polished as a normal jelly bean
simply because what they're do during the processes is
they put these in a barrow with bees wax, what the does is
puts a fine layer of wax on the outside
to give it that glossy look
so these won't look exactly like a jelly bean but they will taste pretty much the same
So its been a couple of days
and they look fantastic
let's look at
some of these jelly beans
and you have the egg shape ones as well
now i have only done the one colour
i have spent fifteen hours already perfecting this recipe
so that you can make it at home
but you can choose any colour you like and any flavour that you like
but they turned out fantastic
they are soft in the middle, hear this
that hard outer shell
Now to give one of these a try
well it's fantastic
i think that taste even better then the store brought jelly beans
its still slightly moist on the inside
but dry at the same time
and it has a tough outer shell
thats come out fantastic
That taste simply delicious
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