Agartine

You need a gelling agent to make some dishes, cakes and desserts. But sometimes you’d rather avoid animal-based gelatine as it doesn’t suit your diet or for health-related or ethical reasons. Our agartine is the perfect alternative!

This gelling agent is purely plant-based. It helps you give your sweet dishes or savoury jellies – including vegetarian or vegan ones – the desired set naturally without animal-based products. Agartine is made from agar, which is obtained from blue or red algae.

It’s easy to work with – agartine is prepared in the same way as animal-based gelatine. One sachet is enough for 500 ml fluid and is the equivalent of approx. 6 gelatine leaves. After cooking, it also sets at around 35 °C.

Note: When using agartine, you may need to adjust your recipe slightly. It also gives off a particular smell during cooking – which can only be smelled when it boils. The agartine has a neutral odour and taste in the cooled dish.

Note: If you are working with acidic fluids or vinegar, use double the amount of agartine!

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What else you’ll need

Per sachet:

• 500 ml fluid

Preparation

For cold mixtures:

1. Boil the contents of a sachet of agartine with 50-100 ml fluid (e.g. water, milk or cream) in a cooking pot for 2 minutes.
2. Then stir in the cold ingredients and quickly pour into the appropriate tray.
3. When adding whipped cream (e.g. for pie fillings), leave the hot mixture to cool slightly, otherwise the cream will melt.

For hot mixtures:

1. before boiling, add agartine to the fluid and boil for at least 2 minutes.
2. Leave to cool for 1-3 hours, based on the recipe.