About the Recipe
Coffee kanten is a popular Japanese dessert that you'll find prepacked in every Japanese supermarket. On the other hand, you can make the real thing yourself in a jiffy. As you probably know, kanten AKA agar agar, is a non-animal seaweed substitute for gelatin that's full of fibre and calorie free.
Ingredients
300ml water
2g kanten powder (agar agar)
25g sugar
1 tbsp instant coffee granules
150ml double cream
2 tsp sugar
Preparation
put the water in a saucepan, add the kanten powder and whisk over a high heat for 1 min
turn off the heat, add the sugar & the coffee powder, then whisk for 30 secs
leave the coffee kanten to cool for a few mins, then pour into glasses
pipe the whipped cream onto the top of the coffee kanten
put them in the fridge to firm
whip the cream until firm and mix in the 2 tsp of sugar
pipe the whipped cream onto the top of the coffee kanten
your coffee kanten is ready to serve