What Is Carrageen and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about carrageen and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 2 recipes to cook tonight.

Recipes using carrageen

There are 2 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Carrageen Pudding with Rhubarb & Rosehip Jelly

Traditional Scottish carrageen pudding set in a ring mould with lemon milk and egg, served with rhubarb compote and a scarlet rosehip or redcurrant sauce.

Honey & Lemon Carrageen Pudding

Traditional Irish carrageen pudding set with seaweed, sweetened with honey and lemon, then lightened with whipped cream and beaten egg white. A delicate, silky cold dessert.

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