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From the Chef’s Mind to the Dish: How Scientific Approaches Facilitate the Creative Process

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This work describes a practical way to optimize the high level of the chef creativity to produce rational approaches to food design. It is particularly focused on the preparation of two dishes: bubbly juice and false skin. For the first dish, three samples were prepared with egg white protein (EWP) and xanthan gum at pH 4.6 and pH 7.0. At pH 4.6 (isoelectric point), there were substantial differences of the interfacial dilational modulus of EWP when xanthan gum was added. At 1 mg/ml xanthan, the system showed a very strong interface (high viscoelasticity) compared to the other samples. Measuring half drainage time revealed which samples were the most stable. The properties discussed were related to stability. For the false skin dish, edible films were made by gelatin extracted from cod skins (A solution) and a mixture of cod skin gelatin and commercial gelatin (AG solution). The results showed that tensile strength (TS) of gelatin films increases almost by 25%, elongation at break (EAB) by 14%, and the Young modulus (E) by almost 100% when increasing protein concentration. To confirm water plasticizer effect, the results were compared to a gelatin film made with 30% glycerol (plasticizer). Water content affects to a great extent the mechanical properties of the films. Finally, images of the dishes are presented in order to have a full view of the purpose and the results obtained.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Dr Brent Emerson for his help during the writing of this manuscript.

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  1. Azti-Tecnalia Food Research Institute, Txatxarramendi ugartea z/g, 48395, Sukarrieta, Bizkaia, Spain

    Juan-Carlos Arboleya, Idoia Olabarrieta, Esther Sanmartín, Leire Iturriaga, Antonio Duch & Iñigo Martínez de Marañón

  2. Mugaritz Restaurant, Otzazulueta baserria. Aldura aldea 20 zk., Errenteria, 20100, Gipuzkoa, Spain

    Andoni Luis-Aduriz, Daniel Lasa & Javier Vergara

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This research has been supported by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries from the Basque Government.

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Arboleya, JC., Olabarrieta, I., Luis-Aduriz, A. et al. From the Chef’s Mind to the Dish: How Scientific Approaches Facilitate the Creative Process. Food Biophysics 3, 261–268 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11483-008-9078-3

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