Blue Hydrangea Jelly Bites (or Hydrangea Balls) can be made all year round, using simple ingredients, blue food dye, and whatever flavor oil you'd like. They originated in Japan - the home of the noble hydrangea - but can easily be made everywhere.
Source[]
Hydrangeas (Traditional Japanese Dessert) Recipe by cookpad.japan - Cookpad
Ingredients[]
- 2 grams Kanten powder
- 150 ml Water
- 30 grams Sugar
- 1 tbsp Mizuame
- 1 Food coloring (red and blue)
- Flavor oil/LoAnn flavor oil (cotton candy, blueberry, blue raspberry or such)
- 1 White bean paste (store-bought, or homemade)
Directions[]
- Measure out the ingredients. Dissolve the food coloring in water and set aside.
- Pour the water into a pot, add the agar powder, and heat while stirring to dissolve.
- When the agar powder has dissolved, add the sugar and mizuame and dissolve. Simmer slightly (for less than a minute).
- Transfer Step 3 to a bowl and add the food coloring dissolved in water (add a bit at a time until it reaches your desired coloring).
- Transfer to a container and let cool to harden. The container should be large enough to allow it to spread to a thickness of about 5 mm.
- Once it has hardened, remove from the container!!
- Cut into cubes (I made them into 5 mm cubes).
- Roll the white bean paste into balls. I didn't bother measuring how many grams per ball. Since they'll be coated in the kanten, take that into account when determining the size.
- Coat the white bean paste in the kanten and it's done. Attach the kanten your hands or use a cloth. Enjoy!