Modernist Cooking Made Easy: Infusions: The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Flavorful Infusions Using Modernist and Traditional Techniques

By Jason Logsdon

Book Overview

From tea and French press coffee to flavored vinegars and oils and even many traditional soda pops, infusions have always been a part of our daily lives. Now they are becoming more and more prevalent as many talented chefs and bartenders are creating custom infusions for use in both food and cocktails.There are many different ways to create infusions but several modernist techniques turn the process from a multi-day, or multi-month, process into one that can be accomplished in just a few hours or even minutes.This book covers the basics of what an infusion actually is, as well as how to create them both through the traditional, time-based process and the modernist methods of using a whipping siphon, sous vide, and fat washing.Creating infusions is fun and easy and you will master this process in no time by using the more than 140 recipes in this book spread across infused alcohols, vinegars, food, soda, and water. There are also recipes focused on using the resulting infusions in cocktails, vinaigrettes, shrubs, sauces, foams, gels, and spheres.After reading this book you will be able to consistently create amazing infusions of your own with a minimal amount of effort.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0991050185
• ISBN13: 9780991050185
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Primolicious LLC
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"