Texture, a Hydrocolloid Recipe Collection

TEXTURE
A hydrocolloid recipe collection

Edited by Martin Lersch

Texture – A hydrocolloid recipe collection, v.2.2 (December 2008) Available for free download from http://khymos.org and http://blog.khymos.org

Texture – A hydrocolloid recipe collection (v. 2.2, December 2008) edited by Martin Lersch Copyright © 2008 by Martin Lersch Available for free download fromhttp://khymos.org/recipe-collection.php. Please report errors to webmaster@khymos.org. Copyright notice This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncsa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.You are free: • to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work • to Remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: • Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). • Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. • Share Alike. Ifyou alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. Referencing and attribution For online use, please include the text “hydrocolloid recipe collection edited by Martin Lersch” with a link to http://khymos.org/recipe-collection.php For offline referenceing, please cite this document as: Lersch, M. (ed.)Texture - A hydrocolloid recipe collection (v.2.2, 2008). Available for free download from http://khymos.org/recipe-collection.php. Disclaimer All recipes have not been tested by the editor so there is no guarantee that they actually work as intended and that the directions are complete, accurate and correct. Words of caution Always make sure that the hydrocolloid you use is indeed inteded forconsumption. Chemicals come in different purities. Note that some chemicals are sold "for research use only". Many of the hydrocolloids mentioned herein are available in "technical grade" purities which might be intended for non-food applications only. If using PVC tubes to make noodles only "food grade" tubes should be used.

Cover picture The picture shows agar noodles made from 40 gsoy sauce, 60 g water and 1.1 g agar. Everything was heated to dissolve the agar. Using a syringe, the solution was sucked into a PVC tube (2 m, 2mm i.d.) and left to cool for 1 min. The noodle was blown out of the tube, coiled into a spiral and then cut with a sharp knife. (Photo: Martin Lersch)

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Table of contents Agar ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Carrageenan.......................................................................................................................................... 13Cornstarch ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Gelatin ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Gellan.................................................................................................................................................... 30 Guar gum............................................................................................................................................... 35 Gum arabic ............................................................................................................................................ 37...