Get more recipes, more techniques, more deliciousness! Using methods that may seem more suited to science labs than kitchens, Molecular Cuisine: Twenty Techniques, Forty Recipes unlocks the secrets to the dishes, textures, techniques, and sensations of molecular cuisine. It explores revolutionary techniques that have the remarkable ability to toy with the chemical and physical reactions of cooking to create revolutionized versions of common cuisine. With the recipes and techniques in this book, you will quickly be creating dishes such as:   Fizzy Chocolate Puffed Peanut Chicken Fries with Pastis Mayonnaise Apple and Beet Tea Egg Yolk Marshmallow with Ratatouille Hard-Boiled Egg Lollipop Goat Cheese Flan with Dijon Mustard Caramel Minty Tapioca Pearls in Green Tea  Balancing just enough science to explain why the techniques work, with easy-to-follow recipes, the book covers emulsion, culinary foam, spherification, caramelization, the maillard reaction, soft and hard gels, and effervescence. It describes 20 techniques and 40 molecular cuisine recipes, all illustrated with luscious color photographs. Once you master these techniques you can use them to develop your own flavor profiles and texture combinations. You can, literally, play with your food, and it will be delicious.

Molecular Cuisine: Twenty Techniques, Forty Recipes

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Cazor, Anne

Lienard, Christine

Alinat, Gui

Engineering

CRC-Press

It’s about taste, texture, mouthfeel, and, most importantly, satisfaction. Called "the science of deliciousness" by acclaimed cookbook author Harold McGee, molecular gastronomy is arguably the hottest cooking trend since, well, since cooking with fire became so popular. Top Chef fans have oohed and aahed over astounding culinary delights and puzzled over the revolutionary foam, gelee, and spherification techniques highlighted on the show. Now anyone can whip up these creations with My Molecular Cuisine Kit. With easy-to-follow recipes for creating elegant dishes, this kit gives home chefs and hobbyists the tools they need to be in the same league as chefs Blumenthal, Adria, and This. This could be the menu for your next get together: <ul>
<li>Foie Gras, Muscat, and Dark Chocolate Lollipops</li> <li>Pulled Duck Confit with White Wine and Orange Spaghetti</li> <li>Puffed Peanut Chicken Fries with Pastis Mayonnaise</li> <li>Spherical Chorizo and Cider</li> <li>Dulce de Leche and Crystal Salt</li> <li>Frosty Mint and Chocolate Marshmallow</li> <li>Deconstructed Tiramisu</li> </ul>
The kit consists of measuring spoons, pipettes, tubing, silicon molds, and slotted spoons accompanied by a book featuring color photographs, illustrations, and 28 molecular gastronomy recipes, written by Anne Cazor and Christine Lienard, protégés of Molecular Gastronomy founder Hervé This. Translated by award-winning chef Gui Alinat, the text presents the field of molecular gastronomy as a scientific discipline concentrating on culinary transformations. The book unlocks the secrets to the new dishes, new textures, new flavors, and new sensations of this cutting-edge cooking style.

My Molecular Cuisine Kit

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