Warm Caramelized Butter (Ghee) Foam
Preparation info
Difficulty
Easy
Yield:
1¼ cups
liquid; twice as much when converted into foam
Appears in
Sauces
Published 1991
Ghee, or caramelized butter (sometimes called beurre noisette) in which the milk solids have been allowed to brown, lends a nutty, buttery flavor to all manner of sauces and foams. Normally, ghee doesn’t dissolve in water or other liquid. However, in the presence of the right compounds (such as egg yolks or certain hydrocolloids such as the sucrose esters used here) it can be used to create an emulsion.
Ingredients
| heavy cream | ||
| skim milk | ||
| sucrose esters | ||
| ghee (Beurre Noisette), warm but not hot |
Method
Combine the cream and skim milk and warm over medium heat; do not boil. Off the heat, blend in the sucrose esters. Once the sucrose esters have been incorporated, blend in the ghee in a steady stream. Chill overnight in a whipping siphon. The next morning, warm in a sous vide immersion bath at 95°F (35°C) for about an hour before piping to serve.
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