[lesliec]

Hi all.

One of the 'smiliest' moments of our meal at El Bulli earlier this year was the 'cacuhuetes mimeticos', mimetic peanuts - look like a whole, unshelled peanut, thin crispy outside, ultimate peanut butter 'explosion' inside.



Although many of El Bulli's recipes are published, Google can only show me lots of people who have had them, not a recipe. Will I have to wait a year or two until the next book comes out, or has anybody here got any ideas about how these marvellous little beasties are made?

Any suggestions welcome - I'm busting to have a go.

Thanks,

Leslie

[Nayan Gowda]

How's your Spanish? Just did a Google and came up with this recipe. Sounds like it should work.

[lesliec]

Nayan - I'm stunned! Didn't find that one in my searches, and I did try searching in Spanish too!

That certainly sounds like them. Now I'll have to find some mannitol. Or maybe Isomalt would work? Then there's the moulds ...

Many thanks. I'll give them a try.

Bye,

Leslie

[Kerry Beal]

lesliec, on 03 November 2009 - 07:41 PM, said:

Nayan - I'm stunned! Didn't find that one in my searches, and I did try searching in Spanish too!

That certainly sounds like them. Now I'll have to find some mannitol. Or maybe Isomalt would work? Then there's the moulds ...

Many thanks. I'll give them a try.

Bye,

Leslie

Looks like you can buy mannitol powder on e-bay.

[Nayan Gowda]

Leslie,

No problems. There's something about Google that seems to give priority to results from the "local" region. A search in NZ won't give you the same results as a search in Europe.

Would love to hear how you go with your experiments. If they are successful then save some for me for when I'm back for harvest in March.

Cheers,

Nayan