Techniques
Pork Head Cheese
THERMAL
Pork Head Cheese is a traditional American dish made from slow-cooked pig's head meat set in a gelatinous aspic.
Potato Bread Mashing (Ireland/Peru)
BAKING
Gelification with Agar Agar and Carrageenan
GELIFICATION
Gelification process using agar agar and carrageenan polysaccharides
Celtic Bog Butter
FERMENTATION
Peat Smoke Curing
PRESERVATION
Soda Bread (Ireland)
BAKING
Gel
MODERNIST
Hydrocolloid gelation transforms liquids into semi-solids through polymer network formation.
Tyndallization
PRESERVATION
Sterilization method
Carrageenan Milk Gelation
MODERNIST
Kappa carrageenan forms thermo-reversible gels with dairy calcium ions through helical aggregation.
Soda Bread Ember Baking (Ireland)
BAKING
Carrageenan Hot Gelation
MODERNIST
Kappa-carrageenan forms thermally reversible gels through helix aggregation upon cooling in the presence of specific cations.
Carrageenan Irish Moss Pudding
MODERNIST
Seaweed-derived carrageenan forms a delicate gel matrix when combined with dairy.
Soda Bread Buttermilk
BAKING
Soda Bread Buttermilk Reaction (Ireland)
BAKING
Soda Bread Buttermilk Reaction
BAKING
Bog Butter Anaerobes
FERMENTATION