Hi Friends, today I'm not going to share with you one of my recipes but rather tell you about an ingredient that I begin to use more and more : Gelatin!
This ingredient helps to prepare a large choice of tasty dishes and delicious drinks.

But Edible Gelatin, What Is It !?

Gelatin is a substance that is found in a solid, translucent, or slightly yellow. Its taste is neutral in most cases, and it leaves no odor.
To have edible gelatin, you need a mixture of proteins extracted from the skin, bone and cartilage.

All manufacturing is made from products related to the meat industry, which uses mostly bones and skins of cattle and pigs, only intended for human consumption, to extract the collagen. Collagen proteins serve to provide a mechanical resistance to stretching. For this reason when cooking gelatin is great to shape some liquid (sauce, cream, frozen fruit ...)

Contrary to popular belief, the horn is not used, because it doesn't contain collagen.

The edible gelatin manufacturing process takes place in 3 steps :

Pretreatments
the bones : are used diluted acid solutions to remove calcium and similar minerals.
skins or hides : several washes are done after pulling hairs and degreasing.
Hot water is used for degreasing of all bones, skin, and cartilage.
At the end of this step, the fat rate will be 1% maximum.

Preparation for extraction
There are 3 different methods: acid, alkali or enzyme treatments.

The acid treatment is particularly used for the collagen of the pigskin. This method takes between 10 and 48 hours. Gelatin obtained is called gelatin-type-A

The alkali treatment is used for more complex collagens such as those of bovine bones.
This process takes several weeks. Gelatin obtained is called B-type gelatin

The enzyme treatment is very new but have several advantages with its speed, a yield of almost 100% and gelatin obtained is purer and develops much better physical properties.

Extraction
In this step, the collagen is converted to gelatin by extraction with hot water of appropriate temperature and pH control.

Refinement
This step is divided into several parts :

1. Filtration
2. Clarification
3. Evaporation
4. Sterilization
5. Drying
6. Grinding
7. Sieving

To minimize degradation, the temperature is limited, and various processes are fast.
It is in this way that edible gelatin is created, whether in the form of sheets, granules or powder.

There are also specific manufacturing processes from fish or certain animals to be halal or kosher.
Vegetarians use other similar product under as "agar-agar", pectin or konjac*
(*sometimes falsely called "vegetable gelatin")

Its most frequent use and best known of wholes is the gelling agent in food. Gelatin is ideal for gelling, thickening and stabilizing dishes to which it gives a creamy consistency.

Many food products contain gelatin, such as a candy, ice cream, jam, yoghurt, margarine and cakes.

Products called "light" often contain edible gelatin to simulate the sensation of fat and create texture without adding calories. But the low-fat products have no place in my kitchen. For example, make a Chantilly cream with a cream containing only 10% fat: it's a joke!

The Advantages of Gelatin

After the advantages of gelatin in the kitchen, discovered the benefits of gelatin on our bodies !

• ** The gelatin is a good anti-inflammatory**
  Gelatin contains an ingredient called "glycine". This is an anti-inflammatory that can reduce pain

• The gelatin helps to have beautiful hair, nails resistant and healthy skin
  The gelatin helps strengthen hair and nails and rejuvenate our skin with a called process "keratinization". For the keratinization process to happen, we need a series of amino acids to stimulate their formation, and gelatin helps us in this process.

• The gelatin helps to speed up metabolism
  The gelatin is a food very rich in protein and vitamins, which allows our body to enter into this process of thermogenesis, which activates the metabolism.

• The gelatin helps to strengthen the immune system
  The gelatin is composed of protein, vitamins C and D, and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus. It contains no fat or cholesterol, and is an ideal way to prevent seasonal colds

Now that you know everything gelatin, Get Started, made as original as good achievements!