Spherification, foams, gels — the molecular techniques that define fine dining.
For: Curious cook ready to play with the techniques Ferran Adrià made famous
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Modernist cuisine sounds intimidating. It isn't. With a scale, a few hydrocolloids, and an immersion blender, you're making olive spheres and parmesan foams in an afternoon.
Hydrocolloids work at 0.5% — precision is critical
Basic spherification — olive juice → caviar
Bath for alginate spheres to set
Thicken sauces without flour or reducing
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