El Bulli-make ur own famous El Bulli dishes

green pea jelly raviolicaviar beveragecaviar inside ravioliEl Bulli is a very famous restaurant in Spain that has been judged "The Best Restaurant in the World" 5 times. It is famous for it's extremely innovative dishes that are made from simple ingredients but very unique techniques. Some of their best-known techniques are making hot gelatins, airs, foams, clouds, melon/pea/fruit caviar or spherical ravioli.

The revolutionary chef Ferran Adriá is the head chef at El Bulli. He uses a series of techniques in molecular gastronomy that have brought about an evolution in the restaurants cooking style. Molecular gastronomy is a scientific discipline involving the study of physical and chemical processes that occur in cooking.

I have not been able to find the exact definition of Sferification / Spherification so I cannot tell you the universial meaning of what it is. But from my current knowledge, it is the chemical process of making the jelly like caviar & ravioli & the "Spher" part of the word probably comes from the word "Sphere" meaning round. What's really cool is that apart from just making caviar or ravioli seperate, you can actually combine the two together & enclose the caviar into the ravioli which is truely juicy! Made w/ real fruit, no food colouring, added sugar or preservatives! Yummy & healthy!

Basic Spherification consists of submerging a liquid containing Algin in a Calcic bath. This is used to obtain ravioli and other sfer creations with a very thin membrane. It also allows you to obtain spherical caviar. In Basic Spherification it is necessary to use Citras with some ingredients in order to correct the acidity.

The food at El Bulli is more like Eye Candy. It looks so unique & interesting that you just want to look at it & not eat it so that you can look at it as long as you can if not forever, or practically at least you want to look at it a few more times & perhaps snap a few photos before you really dig in. I'm sure that the food tastes just as good as it looks though, so you don't have to worry about that. From what I heard, it tastes like nothing you have ever tasted before.

Reservations at the restaurant is of course expensive especially if you have to get a flight there. Even if you have a lot of money, you still have to reserve a table one year in advance. So instead of giving up & dreaming that I can go there someday, I just make a few of my own famous El Bulli dishes right at home for now. But I'm still hoping to actually go there eventually someday & enjoy the real thing & all of the dishes they have there. For now I'll be happy just to have the self-made substitutes. Easy, economical & I can make whatever flavours I want. I can't wait to try apple, mango & watermelon caviar & ravioli.

Nowadays many restaurants around the world have some El Bulli inspired dishes on their menu especially the caviar & ravioli. So if you don't want to bother purchasing all the equipments & ingredients & finding the time to make your own sferication dishes, you can just find it at a local highend restaurant.

Here's the kit that allows you to make caviar & ravioli. It's called the sferification/spherification kit.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2008/dec/01/christmas-gifts-food-drink-unusual?picture=340145430
http://www.tienda.com/food/texturas.html?CMP=KNC-Google&gclid=CKzezaSStpoCFRINDQodSxwubg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Bulli Wikipedia Article
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/24/top.restaurants
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2002/oct/26/travelfoodanddrink.foodanddrink.spain
El Bulli Food Photos! Enjoy!
http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENCA327&q=el+bulli+food+pictures&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=iCsFSoKjGonQMoyw3N8E&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
An FB group dedicated to Molecular Gastronomy where you can get tips from other MG lovers!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2398300959
Wiki on MG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_gastronomy
You can find some recipes on the following website.
http://www.albertyferranadria.com/index-eng.html
Here's a youtube video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lcNupGGkkw

For more links/videos of how to make your own El Bulli dishes you can just find them yourself through a search engine or YouTube.