Converting a gelatin dessert to Halal/Kosher...

[Ylee]

Need help urgently as I have a function in a little over a week's time that I already had a dessert approved for. Unfortunately, I was only informed today that the dish has to be halal, which means I can't use my original recipe - It's for an ice-cream parfait, which has some gelatine in it. I've been told by the manufacturer that the gelatine I normally use (Gelita gold-strength) is not halal, so I'm not sure what to do. Apparently you can get kosher gelatine from the supermarket, so I'm going to try to find that, but I haven't used anything like it before and don't know if it's of the same strength. Am wondering if anyone uses such gelatine and can help..?

[Dejah]

Need help urgently as I have a function in a little over a week's time that I already had a dessert approved for. Unfortunately, I was only informed today that the dish has to be halal, which means I can't use my original recipe - It's for an ice-cream parfait, which has some gelatine in it. I've been told by the manufacturer that the gelatine I normally use (Gelita gold-strength) is not halal, so I'm not sure what to do. Apparently you can get kosher gelatine from the supermarket, so I'm going to try to find that, but I haven't used anything like it before and don't know if it's of the same strength. Am wondering if anyone uses such gelatine and can help..?

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I have never used kosher gelatine, but I have used agar agar in place of gelatine in desserts made for my Muslim students. Agar agar is a seaweed. You can buy it in Asian stores, in "leaves" or in powder form.

Hope that helps.

[mhjoseph]

Need help urgently as I have a function in a little over a week's time that I already had a dessert approved for. Unfortunately, I was only informed today that the dish has to be halal, which means I can't use my original recipe - It's for an ice-cream parfait, which has some gelatine in it. I've been told by the manufacturer that the gelatine I normally use (Gelita gold-strength) is not halal, so I'm not sure what to do. Apparently you can get kosher gelatine from the supermarket, so I'm going to try to find that, but I haven't used anything like it before and don't know if it's of the same strength. Am wondering if anyone uses such gelatine and can help..?

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I have never used kosher gelatine, but I have used agar agar in place of gelatine in desserts made for my Muslim students. Agar agar is a seaweed. You can buy it in Asian stores, in "leaves" or in powder form.

Hope that helps.

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Kosher gelatine can come from either agar agar, or animal or fish bones so you have to be careful of you are buying. There is some useful information here.

[Ylee]

Dejah, does the agar work in the same way as gelatine? ie. would you use it in a frozen dessert? Also, is there a standard conversion when switching to agar?

[gfron1]

Here's a number of previous topics about agar conversions and uses.

[Dejah]

Check this link for conversions:

http://www.foodsubs.com/ThickenGelatins.html

[GlorifiedRice]

Just a health and safety note:

Be careful in serving and eating GELLED desserts in which Carragenan is the "gelifier" if you have stomach problems, especially IBS and Heartburn, as it irritates the stomach lining.