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7 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:May want to add it after the cream as ginger will cause cream to coagulate and I suspect galangal might as well.
You know, I was just about to edit to add that. I've had fresh ginger curdle warm creme anglaise but dried ginger works fine. Maybe he could infuse like 1/3 of the cream with the galangal and not heat that part, do a cold infusion and add it last?
Or use coconut milk.
Just now, Kerry Beal said:May want to add it after the cream as ginger will cause cream to coagulate and I suspect galangal might as well.
You know, I was just about to edit to add that. I've had fresh ginger curdle warm creme anglaise but dried ginger works fine. I was hoping a cold infusion wouldn't curdle.
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