Sweet Pea Clusters

[Anonymous Modernist 3281]

Hey everybody!

So in the last day or so I have been playing with my centrifuge and peas.

I made pea butter, which is a delicious little delicacy I highly recommend to anybody who hasn't yet tried that, pea water, and with the pea water, an attempt, at least, at sweet pea clusters.

I followed the recipe as best as I could determine.

Here's a link to my blog with a couple photos of what I ended up with: http://www.cookedthreeways.com/2013/02/peas-in-onion-consume-with-mint-and.html

Basically, although I'm pretty sure I followed the recipe accurately, the peas simply started to come apart once they were in the 194F water bath.

What might I have done wrong and how can I troubleshoot this recipe?

[Judy Wilson]

Looks great! Thanks for sharing!

[Anonymous Modernist 3281]

Hehe but Judy, what went WRONG? please help! I want to try again and this time have clusters that continue to CLING TOGETHER!

Also, the recipe calls for dipping the peas in 194F water for 1 minute, but it takes at least 3-5 minutes for those peas to get to the desired level of doneness for my tastes.

[Judy Wilson]

Well, it still LOOKED good!

[Anonymous Modernist 3281]

heh come on Judy you're killing me! :-D

how do I make them continue to stick together instead of coming apart?

PS I made carnitas in the pressure cooker... primo!

[Zmaster]

Has anyone had success with this? I also have the El Bulli collection, and while it is slightly different, less liquid/E4M and no xanthan, it is the same.

I have been using different temperatures, 150^oF seems to be the correct temp as it is at the top of the gelling temp for E4M, but not the texture of a gel I was expecting. 

I have also wrapped the bundle in plastic wrap and dipped them at various temperatures but again fail.

My next attempt will be to freeze the bundles and see what happens.

RED

 

Freezing and then heating in a 190^oF bath for ~90 sec worked much better, slight amount of chill still in the center but easily remedied.

RED

Edited March 25, 2018 by Zmaster
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