Ah, the dangers of marrying ideologies...
Sometimes you end up with a bastard child, the sterile donkey of the ice cream parlor: Clea's agar agar and David's decadence were not meant to mix.
Look at those frozen milk shards...if you get closer, you'll see the gelatinous agar agar chunks, too.
But, in truth, I did screw around with the recipe QUITE a bit - no egg yolks, no liquor, and skewed/guessed quantities. Yet, no matter the weird texture, it still tasted pretty durn good.
Frozen Espresso Choco Cookie Yogurt with Agar Agar
- Remove excess water from approximately 16 oz of non-fat plain yogurt with cheese cloth and a few rubber bands
- Leave yogurt to drain overnight in fridge
- Boil whole milk (approx 1 cup), 2 - 3 espressos, and agar agar (approx 2 grams), allow to chill in fridge (on top of ice)
- Mix espresso and strained yogurt
- Blend agar agar-espresso-milk mixture (somewhat icy after 45 minutes is freezer) with yogurt-espresso mixture and return to freezer
- Take several photos of cute stacked choco cookies, then crumble into frozen mixture when it's still pliable
- Pack into plastic containers and return to freezer
Make sure to defrost for approximately 5 - 10 minutes before serving (and do 'whip it up' a little bit, so you don't get too many frozen milk shards or agar agar gelatinous globs).
Look at those frozen milk shards...if you get closer, you'll see the gelatinous agar agar chunks, too.
But, in truth, I did screw around with the recipe QUITE a bit - no egg yolks, no liquor, and skewed/guessed quantities. Yet, no matter the weird texture, it still tasted pretty durn good.
Frozen Espresso Choco Cookie Yogurt with Agar Agar
- Remove excess water from approximately 16 oz of non-fat plain yogurt with cheese cloth and a few rubber bands
- Leave yogurt to drain overnight in fridge
- Boil whole milk (approx 1 cup), 2 - 3 espressos, and agar agar (approx 2 grams), allow to chill in fridge (on top of ice)
- Mix espresso and strained yogurt
- Blend agar agar-espresso-milk mixture (somewhat icy after 45 minutes is freezer) with yogurt-espresso mixture and return to freezer
- Take several photos of cute stacked choco cookies, then crumble into frozen mixture when it's still pliable
- Pack into plastic containers and return to freezer
Make sure to defrost for approximately 5 - 10 minutes before serving (and do 'whip it up' a little bit, so you don't get too many frozen milk shards or agar agar gelatinous globs).
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