How to properly make maple foam?
So I got this great sounding recipe, but it only contains the ingredients, not the method. I am lucky that I don't have any problems putting it together by myself, there is only one thing I can't get my hands on really: Maple foam.
The recipe says it consists of milk, maple syrup, gelatine and vanilla beans.
I got all the ingredients, but before I tried anything I Googled, thinking that there is maybe another recipe already out there for this. I found some things, like a guide where the foam turns into a rock hard candy. I don't think this is what I want, as my recipe is for ricotta pancakes.
I also found this recipe: http://400caloriesorless.com/?tag=maple-foam But the maple foam in there does not contain any gelatin (and does not look really foamy to me).
Then I found this, which seams more right to me, but I don't own a NO2 dispenser: http://thebellyrulesthemind.blogspot.de/2007/08/foam.html
A bit discouraged I just tried to whip milk to get some kind of cream (yes yes I know about whipping cream ;-) ), add some maple syrup and gelatine. Of course this didn't work out really well.
Because the recipe also uses vanilla beans I thought about bringing the milk to the boil together with the vanilla beans, then adding maple syrup and adding gelatine and beating it until it's basically at room temperature. This also didn't really work, the problem is that it never gets really foamy. So I guess thats the problem an NO2 dispenser solves. But maybe there is another way of creating maple foam? Maybe I was even on the right track?
Best Answer
It's not exactly what people mean by culinary foam, but you can make maple whipped cream. (It seems kinda like the original recipe you found was trying to do this, except it forgot that you can't really make whipped milk.) There are a lot of recipes you can find for this online. They probably won't be as concentrated maple flavor as a more pure maple foam, so a couple thoughts:
You can always reduce the maple syrup, so that you can add more maple flavor without adding so much water that you destabilize the cream.
You could use manufacturing cream, which has even more fat than heavy cream, so it's more stable when whipped, and you'll be able to add more maple.
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How do you make maple syrup foam?
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The foam is the product of a chemical reaction that occurs as the sap heats. The cooking also causes minerals in the sap to precipitate as solids. This precipitate is commonly called niter. It is harmless but somewhat gritty and not very pleasant to eat.How do you keep maple syrup from boiling over?
If at any point during your boiling process, your sap starts to boil over, you can add a little drop of fat (I used olive oil) to the pan. You can also buy a specially made chemical additive that will prevent the syrup from boiling over.How do you finish maple syrup without a hydrometer?
First of all, there's a spoon test. If you are boiling maple sap and wondering if it's close to becoming syrup, dip a spoon into the boiling sap and watch the sap (or syrup) drip back into the pan. If the sap still needs to boil more, the sap will fall off the spoon in separate droplets.Maple Foam Sauce Preparation
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Can you change the recipe slightly and use soy lecithin? It's a stabilizer and allows the bubbles to remain (hence why it looks like foam).
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