Adrian sponge
I was watching an episode of 'No Reservations' where Antony Bordain was in Spain hanging around with Albert Adria eating tapas, going to a few awesome restaurants and playing in test kitchens. Albert spoke of and roughly demonstrated a sponge recipe where by it was dispensed via siphon and cooked via microwave. Slightly aroused I found an exact recipe on the net and set about giving it a shot. Adria recipe: (perhaps the original?) Pistachio sponge cake 80g pistachio 80g sugar 20g all purpose flour 3 eggs 1/2 liter Issi siphon 2 N2O charges 40 seconds, microwave, full power. And unmoulded This gave me a rather cheeky idea, a sweet course to follow perhaps a venison dish paired with chocolate jus, garlic potato custard and drunk blueberries. The waiter would clear the venison dish and replace with the sponge dish plated on a like plate. The waiter would state that the kitchen hand has just walked out so the chef insists you do your own cleaning up ......