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[Modernist Cuisine] Melon Caviar (6•291)

By Anonymous Modernist 4342
December 19, 2011 in Cooking

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Posted December 19, 2011

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Posted December 19, 2011

Today I tried my first recipe out of MC. I did the melon caviar and topped it on a crispy prosciutto round. I sourced the alginate and calcium chloride from willpowder. Overall the melon caviar was pretty time consuming but yielded a great looking product. Unfortunately the caviar was way over powdered by the prosciutto (my fault), and the caviar didn't have much flavor itself. However, I don't think the melon I was using was too great to begin with, so shame on me for using bad product. Overall the dish ended up looking a lot better than it tasted.

For the round I just cut out my shapes using a ring mold, put them on a baking sheet lined with a slip mat, and baked them in my convection oven at 200F for about an hour. (I don't have a dehydrator)