Molecular Cuisine : Twenty Techniques, Forty Recipes

Written by world-renowned chefs, this book unlocks the secrets to the new dishes, textures, flavors, and sensations of molecular gastronomy. 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 in molecular gastronomy and 40 molecular gastronomy recipes. Colorful photography is included within the text to provide examples of proposed finished products. Once they master these techniques, readers can use them to develop recipes with their own flavor and texture combinations.

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.