Needles and syringes might not seem like tools for a pastry chef. But they’re essential for creating the technicolor, three-dimensional designs suspended inside thạch rau câu, or Vietnamese jelly cakes.
Despite the name, there’s no cake involved in these desserts—it’s jelly all the way down.In this video from the Vietnam News Agency, the process of decorating a jelly cake starts with a container full of clear, seaweed-derived jelly. (It’s similar to gelatin.) Chefs handle milk jelly with near-surgical precision, injecting designs flavored with…
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