Almond jelly with fruit cocktail

Its hot. Too hot to bake. Though oddly enough Wendy and I decided to make some Pho. I've heard somewhere that eating hot soup on a hot day is supposed to somehow be refreshing? Not sure about that.

For dessert we cooled off with some almond jelly mixed up with fruit cocktail. You can make the almond jelly by using packets or sticks of agar and adding some sugar and almond extract. Its easier just to get the premixed pouches at the Asian grocery store. Unlike gelatin, which is derived from animal bones, agar is made from seaweed and thus vegetarian friendly. The agar sets up very quickly. Once it set up, we mixed it with a chilled can of fruit cocktail. It makes a cool and refreshing summertime treat!