Edible Martini- 02.28.08
The Edible Martini ~ incredible video at the NY Times - “Chef/mad scientist Dave Arnold of the French Culinary Institute has figured out how to vacuum infuse a martini inside a cucumber.” Armed with a cucumber, a bottle of gin, vermouth, simple syrup, a paper clip, and a vacuum machine Dave Arnold does some impressive flash pickling ~ and this martini infused cucumber comes out as crunchy as when it started if not more. Essentially, the vacuum machine sucks all the air out, so when air comes back in, gin forced into the cucumber, and as the air returns it turns beautifully clear. See my screenshots of the process below, and watch the The Edible Martini video!
Watch the video - The Edible Martini
And here is my walk through in screenshots!
so you infused a cucumber with vodka……congrats…so what? its not exactly groundbreaking, anyone that’s used a sous vide system has done this and more… kinda basic there oh guru of molecular science.
----- Chef Josh 08.07.10 18:28