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Chamomile Pudding from the 'Alinea' Cookbook
Chamomile Pudding from the 'Alinea' Cookbook
About This Recipe
| Yield: | about 1 pint |
| This recipe appears in: | Grant Achatz' Alinea Cookbook |
Ingredients
- 500g water
- 150g sugar
- 2g salt
- Pinch saffron threads
- 10g dried chamomile
- 4 gelatin sheets
- 9g agar agar
Procedures
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1
Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium saucepan, stir, and bring to a boil. Cover pan and remove from heat. Allow mixture to steep for 4 minutes.
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2
Place gelatin sheets in ice water to soften.
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3
Pour chamomile mixture through a fine mesh strainer lined with two layers of damp cheesecloth into a medium sauce pan. Sprinkle in agar agar. Heat mixture to the boil, and continue to boil for about 1 ½ minutes, whisking constantly. Remove pan from heat.
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4
Wring softened gelatin of excess water and add to hot agar agar mixture. Stir until gelatin is completely dissolved and well incorporated. Strain mixture through fine mesh sieve into a wide shallow pan.
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5
Place pan filled with chamomile liquid into a larger pan filled with ice and water and allow mixture to cool until completely cold and set.
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6
Place cooled chamomile mixture in the pitcher of a high-speed professional blender and blend on high until mixture is very smooth. Pass mixture through fine mesh strainer. Refrigerate until needed.
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