60 Day Dry Aged Duck.RSS


Above BEFORE:    ORIGINAL POST LINKED HERE.

Below  AFTER : 60 Days Exactly Today.





Original Weight : 732 Grams

60 Day Weight : 717 Grams

Flavor : Intensely complex with a slight aftertaste of the cheese "Ami Du Chambertin"

REALLY GOOD READING MATERIAL......if you are interested in advanced Dry-Aging.
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Allium.RSS



Ricotta-Etivaz  Ravioli . Anchovy Soubise . Ramp-Pea . Scallion
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Ramp Gnocchetti. AEX-18.RSS


As the seasonal obsession with ramps continues one finds that the simplistic use of ramps while quite delicious really does little justice to the allium. The bulbs are absolutely best pickled while a puree of the greens has endless uses from savory ice cream to pasta. Standard technique requires you to blanch the greens at some point to get a vivid non-oxidizing puree. I do find that the exposure to heat loses a lot of the ramp flavor between blanching and puree process in a vitamix.

Answer to this minor problem = Pacojet.


I find that a super quick salted water blanch followed by putting it directly into liquid nitrogen goes quite a long way to preserve the flavor. It is then packed into a Pacojet container and frozen.


Processed you get fine  green  powder intensely redolent of ramps which will ultimately be the flavor base of the pasta.



On a side note I would like to run this puree in a centrifuge and make some kick-ass ramp butter. Click the "Beckman-Coulter" link on this page and read about "Allegra X-14" under "General Purpose Centrifuges".



Weighed and thinned out with a measured amount of water and added directly into the        AEX-18.









...........and the rest is history.

It obviously does not require $8 grand worth of equipment to make pasta however most chefs already have Pacojets and the resulting pasta when dropped into boiling water manages to retain most of the ramp flavor especially when simply served with butter and cheese. I would imagine simple dishes like Ramp-Aglio Olio or Cacio e Pepe noodles would be quite tasty simple food.

I am thinking shellfish like Abalone, Spot Prawns or Scottich Langoustine perhaps even chive flowers or leek ash.
Possibilities are endless.
Ideas are free.....sadly kitchen toys are not.
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Highly Enriched Avocado.RSS

What would you do with it.

Avocado > Torched > Salted > La Tourangelle Avocado Oil > Vac Seal 100% > Very Tasty.

F.Y.I.   LA TOURANGELLE IMHO makes  the best oils on the market.

It would definitely make an interesting Guaca-modern but is exceptionally delicious with just a grating of lime zest.


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Elements 0003. Blood Orange Sauce.RSS


RECIPE: BLOOD ORANGE SAUCE 0003
Blood Orange Juice
Red Wine Vinegar
Orange Blossom Honey
Lemongrass
Prickly Ash Berries
Salt
Xanthan Gum

CATEGORY: Fish : Shellfish 
THEORY: Acid Balance
PROCESS: Ultrasonic Homogenization + Viscosity Adjustment
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Lamb Bacon Fat.RSS


Rendered fat from lamb bacon makes a fantastic liquid vehicle for cooking lamb loins or necks sous-vide or even fingerling potatoes to be subsequently fried.
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Brown Butter Dashi.RSS


Sardine as opposed to Bonito/Katsuo.
Kombu.

Make dashi.
Wash with Brown butter.
Chill overnight till butter solidifies.
Remove butter and filter carefully.

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Bemuse-BoucheRSS

The macaroon appears to have universal appeal even if you make it with radioactive isotopes therefore it is the perfect vehicle for absurd flavor combinations. I have a bored scientist friend with a huge freeze dryer who likes to eat good food and it makes for an excellent quid pro quo. He freeze dries whatever I send him...I cook for him. The operative ingredient is green coriander powder which requires you to do the following. 1. Plant a whole bunch of Cilantro. 2. Treat it like your first born child until it actually goes to seed. 3. Let is seed generously. 4. Remove the ENTIRE plant including the roots from the growing medium or soil. (This was hydroponic obviously since it is december on the East Coast of USA) 5. Wash it well and freeze dry the entire plant and roots. 6. Grind it to a powder. The powder above in the initial grind was just a mechanical grinding in a huge      BLIXER          but was eventually cryo-milled into a fine powder with liquid nitrogen. It has all the complexity of cilantro plus the floral sweetness of fresh coriander seeds. The final preparation was a Green Coriander Macaroon with Pistachio-Kosho (Green Yuzu Kosho + Sicilian Pistachio + Agave Syrup) Your bouche unfortunately will be more bemused than amused but it is a rather curiously odd assembly of flavors. It is topped with    LONG PEPPER.
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Creme Fraiche - Dill BriocheRSS

While the realm of "breads" made through the     ISI GOURMET WHIP SIPHON        and microwaved have a fantastic fluffy texture they lack the intrinsic fermentation flavors of properly risen bread. The simple solution is to include either a brioche or sourdough starter or "biga" in the blended mixture of eggs-flour-sugar-salt-butter-milk. More complex dairy products could also be used in addition to cheese or dairy powders such as buttermilk and sour cream. A measured amount of properly blanched and pureed herbs of choice in this case dill make a fantastic herb brioche. It is interesting that resting the batter for 10 minutes before cooking results in a much more delicate "bread" with larger pores.
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Brown Buttermilk Brioche Pancakes.RSS

Eggs + Buttermilk + Butter + Flour + Brown Butter Solids + Salt + Sugar Poured into ISI canister. Cooked like EBELSKIVER which are just the finest expression of a pancake.
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