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Ideas In Food At Home: Coffee Onion Rings

13 Friday Sep 2013

Posted by jethro in carbonation, foams, hyrocolloids, infusion, recipes, thickeners

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coffee, Ideas In Food, onions

Coffee Onion Ring

In the world of crispness, it’s all about the bubbles.  Or at least, the sound of bubbles popping.  Studies at Oxford University have shown that when we bite into a surface filled with small brittle cells, each fracture releases a quick burst of high-frequency sound. The more fractures in a bite, the more bursts of sound, and the more crispy the food seems to be.  So how do we make things super crispy?  Why, we add bubbles.  Through carbonation to be exact.  Let’s try it out with onion rings.

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The Price Of Cooking Modernist Cuisine, Part IV: More Gadgets, Ingredients and Resources

17 Friday May 2013

Posted by jethro in blow shit up, cookbook, cooling, homogenization, hyrocolloids, marination, sous vide, vacuum sealing

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blast chiller, cookbook, Crucial Detail, food additives, MAPP flame, meat tumbler, Modernist Cuisine, plateware, rotor-stator homogenizer, Thermomix

By far the most popular post on this site is The Price Of Cooking Modernist Cuisine, Part I: Tools And Gadgets. Along with Part II: Food Additives and Part III: Cookbooks and Other Resources, they provide a handy compendium of what’s available (and affordable) for the home cook to delve into Modernist Cuisine.  It’s been a couple of years since they were posted however, and there are other gadgets, ingredients and whatnot I’ve collected since then that can be added to the list.  Therefore, let’s take a look at other things you can use to create cool funky food in your kitchen.

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Modernist Cuisine At Home: Compressed Melon Terrine

10 Friday May 2013

Posted by jethro in gels, hyrocolloids, MC at home, recipes, vacuum sealing

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cantaloupe, Honeydew, Ideas In Food, Modernist Cuisine

Compressed Melon Terrine

It’s been absolutely beautiful in Seattle the past few weeks.  The sun has been out, the flowers are in full bloom, and generally the malaise that creeps into people’s day to day personalities after months of cloud cover has given way to smiles and laughter. And lots of exposed white, pale skin.

The food has changed as well as the smell of BBQs has been in the air while we enjoy a respite from the gray skies.  I wanted a light snack that fit the warm days, and chose melon slices.  That get glued together.  As you do.

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Modernist Cuisine At Home: Lamb Shank with Muslim Curry and Candied Orange and Carrot Pulao

21 Thursday Mar 2013

Posted by jethro in hyrocolloids, MC at home, recipes, sous vide, thickeners, vacuum sealing

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curry, lamb, MAPP flame, Modernist Cuisine, pulao, xanthan gum

Lamb Curry

A dinner party.  I haven’t had one since December, and I haven’t tackled The Work for the last few weeks, so I went back at it.  This time I chose something I could prepare beforehand, so I wouldn’t be in the kitchen for most of the meal.  Lamb Curry.  I can sous vide the lamb, have the sauce on the stove, and just some quick plating will be all that is necessary.  Well, almost.

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Modernist Cuisine At Home: Hot Blood Pudding Custard

20 Thursday Dec 2012

Posted by jethro in emulsions, gels, hyrocolloids, infusion, MC at home, recipes, thickeners

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Kelogel F, Modernist Cuisine, pig's blood, Thermomix

Hot Blood Pudding Custard

This was going to be a Halloween post but I had trouble with it and had to revisit it later to get it right.  I mean, really, nothing says ‘Happy Holidays’ like a champagne glass filled with hot blood pudding custard.  Actually, everything does besides that.  Anyway, I made hot blood pudding custard.

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Modernist Cuisine At Home: Hungarian Beef Goulash

06 Thursday Dec 2012

Posted by jethro in brining, centrifuge, combi oven, fermentation, foams, hyrocolloids, MC at home, recipes, sous vide, thickeners, transglutaminase, vacuum sealing

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beef cheeks, goulash, Modernist Cuisine, rye bread

Hungarian Beef Goulash

I haven’t tackled a big recipe in a while, so it was time to consult The Work and give it a shot.  I was having guests over and thought the Hungarian Beef Goulash from Volume Five would do the trick. And as usual, it was a lot of work and all sorts of unseen problems presented themselves.  From procuring ingredients to equipment breakdowns, timing issues and even a poorly focused camera (as you’ll see – sorry about that), this one barely made it through. But made it through it did.

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Skirt Steak

22 Wednesday Feb 2012

Posted by ericriveracooks in curing, dehydration, emulsions, foams, gels, hyrocolloids, starches, thickeners

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Root Vegetables

15 Tuesday Nov 2011

Posted by ericriveracooks in brining, dehydration, gels, hyrocolloids, pressure cooking, sous vide, starches, thickeners, vacuum sealing

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Cooking Blog, Food, Root Vegetables

 

Components:

Chioggia Beet – gel and pickled
Parsnip – centers sous vide and fried strands
Turkey Chicharrones
Cocoa Nib – cooked in sherry vinegar
Russian Blue Potato – steamed
Swiss Chard – pickled
Rutabaga – powdered
Rosemary – fried in potato starch
Pea Tendrils
Turkey Consomme (poured over once presented)

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Modernist Cuisine At Home: Caramelized Carrot Soup with Coconut Chutney Foam

10 Monday Oct 2011

Posted by jethro in centrifuge, foams, gels, hyrocolloids, MC at home, pressure cooking, recipes, thickeners

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carotene butter, carrot, coconut, Modernist Cuisine, soup

Caramelized Carrot Soup with Coconut Chutney Foam

This one is always touted as an easy introduction to Modernist Cuisine. It has two main ingredients: carrots and butter. It has two steps as well: pressure cook carrots in butter for 2o minutes.  Then add carrot juice, puree, and season.  Voila.

Strange thing is, well, my version, it took me most of the day.

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The Price Of Cooking Modernist Cuisine, Part II: Food Additives

26 Thursday May 2011

Posted by jethro in emulsions, foams, gels, hyrocolloids, maltodextrin, spherification, starches, thickeners, transglutaminase

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agar agar, food additives, high methoxyl pectin, lethicin, malic acid, Modernist Cuisine

Molecular Gastronomy Starter Kit

Having gone over the price ranges of the tools and gadgets of Modernist Cuisine, let’s look at specialty ingredients next. The food additives used in Modernist Cuisine are considered safe.  The names might be ‘science-y” and therefore unpalatable, but if you have no problem with sodium bicarbonate (baking powder) and ascorbic acid (vitamin C), you should be fine with these.

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