Friday, June 02, 2006

El Bulli's blood orange foam

El Bulli's blood orange foam

The iSi gourmet whip ... the simbol of El Bulli, what experts consider the best restaurant on the planet and where booking is difficult, almost imposible. It was a while I was planning to get hold on one of these strange kitchen accessories and try something out.
I admit this wasn't the first foam recipe from El Bulli (1998-2002 book) I tried, but the one by which I was surprised the most. It is perfect for a diet as it has no added sugar. Nevertheless, foaming blood orange juice gave it some sense of sweetness. Incredible. The taste is explosive and the texture ... well in between a cream and a jelly. For sure I will use the iSi more and maybe get a second one to start mixing foams.
Note that the quantities are not exactly the same as the original recipe as was looking for a slightly more consistent texture.


Serves: 10
FlexiPoints: 0*

Suggested wine: -

Ingredients:
- 280ml blood orange pressed juice
- 2 gelatine sheets (2.5g)

How-To:

1. Rinse the gelatin sheets in cold water.
2. Warm up 100ml of juice and melt the gelatin in it. Remove from the heat and add the remaining juice.
3. Pour the liquid in a 0.5 liters foaming canister through a sieve and use one cream charge. Shake well and refrigerate for at least 4 hours on the lower part of the fridge.
4. Serve as soon as the foam is produced out of the canister.


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3 Comments:

Blogger Cenzina said...

... Just give me some time to buy this little toy and I'll certainly try this foam out! (but ehm, did my first coment dissapear??)

7:55 AM  
Anonymous keiko said...

Hi Francesco - I got here via your link to my site - what a lovely blog you have! The pictures are beautiful and I can't wait to see more of your posts :) Happy blogging.

Must try this blood orange foam - looks so good!

12:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I too want to make a foam...

I have bought an ISI whipper that should be arriving by post today.

I have agar flakes (not gelatin as my dinner party guests are vegetarian).

I want to use an Apple and Ginger fruit juice as my base.


I am assuming the apple juice will work in the same way BUT does anyone know how much Agar should be used in place of the 2.5g of gelatin?

Thanks
Dave

9:52 AM  

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