Greetings, I am planning a christmas dinner and i want to incorporate a vanilla and cardamom infused red pepper foam that is suitable for vegans and is soy free. I plan to use Agar but i havent found much information concerning its detailed application with foams. I purchased 'The Cook's Book', Thinking Ferrens chapter would cover this, but it does not. Specifially i am wondering if i need to cook the Agar, or if i can just sprinkle it on top of my juice and go into hand immersion work as with lecithin. Generally in my area Agar comes in flakes, so would i powder it before use if a raw application is possible? Can anyone indicate the proper ratio between agar and liquid? Is it similar in percentage to lecithin? And if it needs to be cooked into the liquid, is there a temp range to hit? I appreciate any book references or advice.
