Texturas Metil 300g

I'm a keen cook and 12 months ago my wife bought me the elBulli Mini Kit , since then my cooking has become more and more experimental and our pantry has been taken over by more and more containers of interestingly named chemicals (like this one) and less and less tins of baked beans! As you are looking at this product you probably already know a little about Molecular Gastronomy and the use of Metil (but I have put an introduction to it below just in case you were interested) and to sum it up in a nutshell it is an excellent product, so if you want an overall quick verdict on the product I would say go ahead and buy it, it works very well! For those of you wanting more detail and explanation of my successes and failures with this product, here goes... Metil is the brand name for methylcellulose; part of chef Albert y Ferran Adrià's Texturas range of molecular gastronomy products. What makes Metil interesting and different from other gelling agents is that it sets when heated then melts below 40°C (104°F). The product is excellent and reacts in a very predictable and manageable way. One thing I found is that when you need to disperse it in water without creating what looks like whisked egg whites is to heat up 1/3 of the water your recipe calls for, use an immersion blender to combine this with the Metil then once it's cooled add the remaining 2/3 of your water, then you have a nicely dissolved mixture to work with. So far I've used it to create minted pea noodles, where the puree is liquid at room temperature and is then injected by the diners into a hot ham consommé at the table, setting the Metil infused pea puree into solid noodles that then slowly melt it the mouth as you eat them. I've also made egg-less meringues using an immersion blender to combine the Metil with cold water it forms firm white foam which you can then fold flavour into at then gently dry/cook in a dehydrator or very low oven. Next on my list is to use Metil to create a hot ice cream. All in all a great product and when I run out I will certainly be ordering more.