Kissel
Viscous fruit dish, served as dessert or drink / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a dessert. For other uses, see Kissel (disambiguation).
Kissel or kisel (Estonian: kissell, Finnish: kiisseli, Livonian: kīsõl, Latgalian: keiseļs, Latvian: ķīselis, Lithuanian: kisielius, Polish: kisiel, Russian: кисель, tr. kiselʼ, Ukrainian: кисiль, kysil, Belarusian: кісель) is a simple dish with the consistency of a thick gel. It belongs to the group of cold-solidified desserts, although it can be served warm.
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Alternative names | Kisel |
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Type | jelly |
Course | dessert or drink |
Region or state | Central and Eastern Europe, Baltic states and Finland |
Main ingredients | 1) fruit juice (or puree) or milk thickened with cornstarch or potato starch; 2) grain or oat flakes |
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If the kissel is made less gel-like, it can be drunk. This is common in Poland, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. In Finland it is called mehukeitto.