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Fried Mayonnaise
Beef Tongue
http://www.starchefs.com/chefs/rising_stars/2005/newyork/html/tongue_onion_
w_dufresne.shtml
Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche
Restaurant: Moto Restaurant, Chicago
Homaro Cantu + Ben Roche: Cooking as alchemy
Candy
Chocolate
Exploring Molecular Gastronomy Techniques
Spherification
Foams
Sous Vide
Dehydration
6 Apl (SubClass A)
13 Apl (SubClass B)
Experiment on Flavor (Expt 2) and Spherification (Expt 3)
Spherification
Ingredients
Sodium alginate
Calcium salt (calcium chloride)
Water
Fruit Juice
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=xeP01iqQxi0
Wylie Dufresne
Restaurant: WD-50,New York City
Carrot-coconut "sunnyside up"
alginate
Ca2+
Membrane Formation
Ca2+
Juice
with
alginate
Ca2+
Ca2+
2 types of Spherification
Direct Spherification
• The juice is mixed with alginate and the juice is added to calcium
bath
• The gelling layer grows inward.
• The longer it’s kept without being eaten, the liquid center of these
spheres becomes smaller and smaller because the gelling process
continues towards the center as the calcium ion continue to
diffuse into the gel.
2 types of Spherification:
Reverse Spherification
Reverse Spherification
• The juice is mixed with calcium salt (e.g. Calcium Lactate)
• Juice is added to alginate solution
• Suitable for juice which has high calcium content, acidic or
contains alcohol. Such kind of juice is not suitable for direct
spherification.
• The gelling layer grow outwards.
• The gelation process stops once the sphere is removed from the
bath.
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=A7QFcP7
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Emulsion
Emulsions
Oil
No emulsifier
Oil
Water
With
Water emulsifier
Stabilizer can be emulsifier
found in:
- Milk Dispersed
Building blocks of
phase
- Eggs Emulsions:
- Gelatin - Proteins
- Oil (fat)
- Water
Continuous phase
Stabilizer (Emulsifier)
Micelle
Emulsion Stabilizers
• Thickeners and gelling ingredients can make emulsions
more stable.
• Giving emulsions more thicker texture
• Slow down the rate at which emulsions separate.
• Since the liquid is more viscous, the suspended droplets
can't move around so easily to eventually combine in
a specific area.
Basic Vinaigrette Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup white-wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Pinch of sugar
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup white-wine vinegar, 1
tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper,
and a pinch of sugar.
Slowly add 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, whisking until emulsified. Or
shake the ingredients in a jar, or whirl them in a blender.
http://www.marthastewart.com/336993/basic-vinaigrette
Vinaigrette Emulsion
Most commonly as a salad dressing
It’s a Foam
What is foam?
A foam is a substance that is formed by trapping pockets
of suspended gas in a liquid or solid
Sponge
Bread
Liquid based foams
Suspended Gas in liquid (Liquid-based foams):
• Requires surfactants
• Surfactants lower the surface tension of water and
allow water and oil to mix.
• Surfactants may act as detergents, wetting agents,
emulsifiers, foaming agents, and dispersants.
• As air is also non-polar, the surfactant also allows air
and water to mix.
Surfactant / emulsifier molecule
Non-polar tail
Polar head
Air
Air
Ingredients for foams
Milk protein
Allow the fat and water parts of milk to stay combined
(i.e. For an emulsion) and they also facilitate the
emulsification of air into the mix.
modified
soy protein
A scanning electron micrograph of ice cream
Air
Ice
100 mm:
average width of
a strand of
human hair 100 mm = 0.1 mm
A magnified picture of ice-cream
Ice cream consists mainly of:
•Ice (Frozen Water)
•Air
(Stabilized by fat and protein)
•Sugar Fat Air Bubble
•Fat (From milk or cream) droplet
Air Bubble
Ice
Proteins
Air Bubble
Fat Droplet
Sugar molecules
http://www.rsc.org/Education/EiC/issues/2003July/Makingicecream.asp
Foam - ice cream
What do you need to make ice cream?
- Water
- Stabilizer (fat, protein, gelatin)
- Anti freeze substance (sugar, gelatin,
alcohol, salt)
- 5 tomatoes
- 120 ml lemon juice
- 1 spoon of salt (anti freeze)
- 70 ml water
- 70 gram sugar (anti freeze)
- tomato puree
- chopped basil
- gelatin (to stabilize the air)
Homemade Ice-cream VS Commercial Ice-cream
1) Air molecules
2) Heat molecules
3) Water molecules
4) Oxygen molecules
Phase Change
Liquid Solid
Cooking an egg =
solidifying it?
Cook an egg means solidify it ?…
Is it a physical or a chemical change?
Boil an egg
Why does egg solidify when heated?
Protein,
folded
Coagulation
Forms solid
Denaturation network
Folded
(Protein Gel)
Protein
How to cook a perfect egg?
A process of scientific investigation…
How to cook a perfect egg?
A process of scientific investigation…
Molecular Gastronomy: Sous Vide
Sous vide is French for “under vacuum”
A method of cooking food sealed in airtight plastic bags
in an accurately controlled temperature water bath.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huY_v1hRdYE
Molecular Gastronomy: Sous Vide
Step 1: Vacuum Seal
The purpose for this is to preserve the flavor, aromas,
moisture and color of the ingredients
Step 2: Cook the sealed food in controlled water bath for
a prolonged period of time
Advantage of sous vide
• Allows almost-perfect reproducibility
• Gives greater control over doneness than traditional
cooking methods
• Ensures the food is evenly cooked from center to edge
• Foods don't overcook if they stay longer in the sous
vide bath so they can be conveniently served when
you are ready
A) Yes
B) No
What temperature?
16 g olive oil
40 g Tapioca Maltodextrin
Some salt (To add a bit of salty taste to the olive oil
powder)
The science of olive oil powder
• Tapioca Maltodextrin is a polysaccharide
• When mixed with fat, it has the ability to absorb it,
transforming the fat into a powder like substance.
• "dehydrated fat illusion"