This monk fruit jello recipe for Homemade Strawberry Jello offers a delicious, sugar free spin on jiggly jello. With only 4 ingredients, this delightful keto jello recipe is made with real strawberries. Choose gelatin or vegan agar-agar. Make it as a jello cake or quickly in a bowl. Either way, enjoy this healthy, jello dessert guilt-free!
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Ingredients
- 3 pounds frozen strawberries It’s easiest to make with thawed frozen strawberries but you can also use fresh strawberries.
- 1 cup white granulated sweetener of choice I use Lakanto Classic Monk Fruit; adjust to taste.
- 3 Tbsp (3 packets) gelatin or 6 Tbsp agar-agar for vegans.
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla
- baking spray to coat a cake pan if you’re making this in a cake pan.
Decorate the cake
- Fresh strawberries, if desired
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Instructions:
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Put strawberries in pot.
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Cook 5-7 min. until mushy. Then puree with a blender or immersion blender.
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Strain with a fine- or medium-mesh sieve to remove seeds. When done, return to pot and gently heat.
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Add vanilla and sweetener gradually and stir until sugar is dissolved. Adjust for sweetness. When sugar is dissolved, remove from heat.
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IF USING GELATIN: Put 1/2 cup of water in a bowl and add 3 packets of gelatin. Stir it in with a fork and make sure the gelatin is covered with water. Wait 5-10 min. for it to thicken and gel.
Heat puree. Then turn off heat and stir in the gelatin until it dissolves.
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IF USING AGAR-AGAR (VEGAN): Stir in agar-agar. Use 1 tablespoon of agar-agar per cup of fluid, so it should take about 6 tablespoons of agar-agar. Gently bring the jello to a boil and simmer 5 minutes or until flakes have dissolved.
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IF USING A CAKE PAN: Pour into a nonstick cake pan sprayed with baking spray so the cake releases easily. You need a cake pan that holds at least 6 cups.
IF USING A BOWL: Pour into bowl.
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Refrigerate until set. This takes upwards of 4 hours for gelatin. I recommend letting it set overnight, especially if you are using agar-agar because agar-agar is more delicate than gelatin.
When you remove it from the refrigerator, use your fingers to gently pull the jello away from the sides of the pan.
Flip it to release the cake.
If it doesn’t release, put hot (not boiling) water in a large pot and put cake pan in hot water for 5 seconds. Don’t leave the cake pan in the hot water for more than 5 seconds, because you could melt your jello. Also be careful not to spill hot water into the cake pan.Flip the cake onto a serving platter. I would like to point out that you won’t be able to move the cake anymore so select the platter on which you would like to serve the strawberry jello cake.Decorate with strawberries, if desired.Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Notes
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