Category - Deconstructing Recipes

Deconstructing Recipes

Torta Setteveli – Using Science to Make This Challenging Italian Cake

Making a complicated dish, with a lot of different components can be a true project to plan and execute. But it’s a great way to practice a lot of techniques in one go and learn something new. Generally I stick...

January 24, 2021

12 min read

Deconstructing Recipes

The Science of Caramel Popcorn

Caramel popcorn is full of contrasts. Light, fluffy and airy inside with a dense outside, savory corn with a sweet, buttery caramel sauce. Vegetables + candy (yes, you’d almost forget corn is a vegetable). The...

January 12, 2021

8 min read

Deconstructing Recipes

Baking cookies – What happens in the oven?

Are your cookies in the oven (or did they just come out)? And are you wondering what it is that transforms the uncooked raw dough into crispy or chewy cookies? Of course, the heat causes these transformations, but...

December 23, 2020

11 min read

chocolate cupcakes with swiss chocolate meringue buttercream

Deconstructing Recipes

Swiss Meringue Buttercream Science – On Dissolving, Phase Transitions, Aeration & Denaturation

Up to not too long ago, I’d consider myself a muffin fan over a cupcake lover. I never really understood the craze around cupcakes with their (too) sweet toppings. But, that changed after seeing yet another season...

December 22, 2020

9 min read

Deconstructing Recipes

Making Trini Kurma – Short crust + Ginger sugar science

No matter where you look, there’s a good chance you’ll find some surprising science hidden in a seemingly not sciency dish. That is definitely the case for these kurma, which we lovingly call “Trini...

November 14, 2020

9 min read

Cinnamon french toast with icing sugar and grapes

Deconstructing Recipes

The Science of French Toast – Choosing the Best Ingredients

One of the first foods I learned to cook is French toast. Don’t ask me why, but our school’s cooking classes started by teaching us how to make French toast. Of course, over the next several weekends, I...

August 26, 2020

11 min read

Deconstructing Recipes

The Science of Pork Ribs (+ Oven Baked & InstantPot Recipe)

Ribs had never really been my favorite meal. Too much bone, too much sauce, too much salt, too much fat and too little good taste. That was, until we made spare ribs at home: tender meat, falling off the bone, with tons...

July 5, 2020

10 min read

Deconstructing Recipes

The Science of Cold Brew Coffee

This is a guest post by a fellow food scientist with ample experience in various categories of new product development: Nathan Silva. Feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn. Cold brew coffee has been taking over the...

May 29, 2020

9 min read

Deconstructing Recipes

How (Not) to Make a Wobbly Panna Cotta (+ Mandarin Panna Cotta Recipe)

There aren’t a lot of desserts that require quite minimum effort and still look highly sophisticated. Panna cotta though is one of the few desserts that does fall into that category. Made with as little as three...

May 23, 2020

13 min read

Deconstructing Recipes

How to Make Trinidad Paratha Roti (Super Flaky Flatbread)

Most flatbreads are daily staple foods. They’re easy and quick to make, often without the need for an oven. This of an Indian chapati or a Greek pita bread. But just like you can make complicated breads such as...

May 14, 2020

5 min read

Category - Deconstructing Recipes

Torta Setteveli – Using Science to Make This Challenging Italian Cake

The Science of Caramel Popcorn

Baking cookies – What happens in the oven?

Swiss Meringue Buttercream Science – On Dissolving, Phase Transitions, Aeration & Denaturation

Making Trini Kurma – Short crust + Ginger sugar science

The Science of French Toast – Choosing the Best Ingredients

The Science of Pork Ribs (+ Oven Baked & InstantPot Recipe)

The Science of Cold Brew Coffee

How (Not) to Make a Wobbly Panna Cotta (+ Mandarin Panna Cotta Recipe)

How to Make Trinidad Paratha Roti (Super Flaky Flatbread)

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