How much less agar powder than agar flakes?
A Google search turned up a variety of answers to that question. They ranged from six times the quantity of flakes as powder to four and a half times as much flakes as powder. Given the disparity in the equivalencies, I consulted the directions on the bottle of agar powder that I had bought. These instructed two tablespoons agar powder for 1 pint liquid (water, juice, whatever). (Why they just did not say 1 tablespoon for every cup of water, I do not know.) In any case, when I began testing this recipe, I decided to use one teaspoon of agar powder for one cup apple juice in each serving of strawberry kanten using the NOW brand agar powder. These proportions were more or less in line with those in the WSJ recipe (though not with the instructions on the bottle of agar powder). Here is how I prepared my version of the strawberry kanten: (Recipes for three versions are found following the end of this article.) I put one cup of apple juice in a saucepan and sprinkled the agar powder over th
