by Dave Arnold
At this year’s Star Chefs conference I whipped up some beaver-flapper puffs for the crowd to munch on (see here for recipe), and Nils and I liquored everyone up with a passel of cocktails.
Our 75 minute demo showcased three different techniques at three different attainability levels: rapid N2O infusion (within anyone’s reach); [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Clarification'
Star Chiefs –The Cocktail Demo with Recipes
September 29th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Chocolate, Clarification, Puffed Snack, Tech Demo, Uncategorized, centrifuge, cocktails, liquid nitrogen, rotovap, vacuum infusion
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Simple Agar Clarification vs Gelatin Clarification: Another Difference
July 17th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Agar, Clarification
posted by Dave Arnold
One difference between simple agar clarification and gelatin clarification is that gelatin clarification has the ability to clarify and concentrate at the same time while simple agar clarification does not.
For those who don’t know agar clarification see here. For those who don’t know how to clarify liquids with gelatin, here it is: hydrate approximately5 [...]
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Boozehound Alert: Agar Alcohol Clarification Plus Some Thoughts.
July 14th, 2009 · 42 Comments · Agar, Clarification, cocktails
posted by Dave Arnold
High alcohol fluids can’t normally be clarified with gelatin because they can’t normally be adequately frozen. A couple of years ago, the guys over at Tailor at the time (Sam Mason and Fran Derby) had the idea to freeze the gelatin laced liquor with LN; when it thawed, it clarified. Brilliant. They never [...]
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Agar Clarification Made Stupid-Simple: Best Technique Yet
July 14th, 2009 · 65 Comments · Agar, Clarification
posted by Dave Arnold
Upshot:
Anyone with a packet of agar and a whisk can clarify fragile fresh juices, or anything else for that matter, in under an hour with zero pieces of special equipment. The yield on the technique is high—as good as gelatin clarification. Read more for details.
Long Story:
Yesterday I wrote a post about [...]
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Major Clarification Breakthrough from Ideas in Food
July 14th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Agar, Clarification
posted by Dave Arnold
Aki and Alex from Ideas in Food have hit on a major breakthrough on clarification: the use of a vacuum machine to get clarified liquid from agar gels. Occasionally, I see ideas so good I’m pissed I didn’t think of them myself. This is one of those. Everyone who reads our blog [...]
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