grapefruit and mandarin oranges in chamomile jelly

By gocatgo

flavors of the jelly are so subtle, but they hold together piles of sweet citrus that pop in your mouth.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp agar agar powder
• 2 and 1/2 tbsp water
• 7-9 small seedless mandarin oranges
• 2 large oroblanco grapefruits
• 1 chamomile tea bag
• 1 c boiling water
• 2 tbsp sugar

Details

Adapted from sweetbeetandgreenbean.net

Preparation

Step 1

take your agar agar and mix with the 2 and 1/2 tablespoons water and set aside

meanwhile get to dividing the grapefruit and oranges into wedges. for the grapefruit i cut off the tops and bottoms to expose a little bit of the flesh, then i peeled it open, individually popping each wedge out of it’s peel so only the juiciest part was left. this also gave me an opportunity to pick out all of the seeds. since i used seedless mandarin oranges i just peeled them and divided up the wedges, removing any stringy pieces.

you could use all sorts of citrus for this recipe – blood oranges, tangerines, ruby red grapefruit. it would also be great with other fruits in the mix like berries or pomegranate seeds.

arrange the pieces of grapefruit and oranges in small bowls or cups.

heat up the water and steep the tea bag for at least 3 minutes. when you remove the bag, mix in the agar mixture and sugar.

put the mixture in a small sauce pan on the stove over high heat just until it bubbles, then cut the heat. stir and immediately pour over the bowls with the fruit in them. stick the bowls in the fridge for at least and hour before serving.