I wanted to do watermelon and lovage. I started with this:

It was a layered gelee. The two layers were watermelon juice, and pickled watermelon rind puree. Sprinkled with black pepper, drizzled with olive oil, and with some lovage garnishing it.

However, it didn't work texturally, and was too sweet to start the meal. There was one more iteration involving a rabbit liver mousse. It was probably worse. The third time was a charm. I ended up with the final version, which I was happy with.

The melon juice was gelled using gelatin at 1 leaf (silver bloom) per 100 grams liquid. The rind was fully pureed, passed through a chinois, thickened slightly with xanthan gum, then gelled using the same ratio.

Posted by Barzelay on 2010/07/21 @ 3:33 | Comments (0) | Lazy Bear, Veggies, Fruit, Grain, Cheese