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How to use gelatin

Name: How to use gelatin
Prep time: 7 min
Total time: 7 min
Yield: 2 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 sheet gelatin; Water

Gelatin is a gelling agent use in some desserts where a rather firm texture is required when cold.

It can also be used to stabilize a dessert (mousses especially) that you need to keep longer than usual.

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Duration

7 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 17^th 2026

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For 2 g, you will need:

1 1 sheet gelatin
2 Water
Total weight: 2 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

2 min.

Resting

5 min.

All in all

7 min.

Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put your gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes to soften it.

Step 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

After this time gelatine is soft. Squeeze it in your hand to remove most of the water.

Step 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

Finish drying it by placing it on a cloth and pressing down.

The gelatine is now ready to be used in your recipe, and therefore to be incorporated into a preparation just warm enough, i.e. above 40°C or 104°F.

Keeping: To use right now.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	46 g RDI=71 %	0 g	0 g	184 kcal RDI=9 %	770 kJ RDI=9 %
Whole recipe	1 g RDI=1 %	0 g	0 g	4 kcal RDI=<1 %	15 kJ RDI=<1 %