Meat Welding Enzyme
Right now I'm watching Iron Chef America, tilapia battle.
ICA doesn't have the same feel as the original chef -- but they do make a lot of innovative dishes. One of the tilapia dishes is tilapia noodles.
They did this with the protein-welding enzyme Activa which is a trade name for an enzyme called transglutaminase which forms bonds across proteins.
If you've ever had the fake crab that's a staple for sushi (Surimi), it's made by welding together pieces of pollock.
Activa is also used to make some dubious foods like restructured steak
Using Activa to make something weird, or at least a weird shape would be an interesting project.
ICA doesn't have the same feel as the original chef -- but they do make a lot of innovative dishes. One of the tilapia dishes is tilapia noodles.
They did this with the protein-welding enzyme Activa which is a trade name for an enzyme called transglutaminase which forms bonds across proteins.
If you've ever had the fake crab that's a staple for sushi (Surimi), it's made by welding together pieces of pollock.
Activa is also used to make some dubious foods like restructured steak
Using Activa to make something weird, or at least a weird shape would be an interesting project.
posted by Amit @ 12:29 AM
2 Comments:
At 9:43 AM,
Tim said…
Fish noodles aren't new. I've had them at Kenny's noodle at Steeles+Kennedy (I think there are 2 others around town). I guess they're just like long fish balls.
At 12:49 AM,
Amit said…
nah, it's not that new, and fish balls also use the same enzyme.
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