LIQUID NITROGEN (LN2)

Everyone has heard of liquid nitrogen ice cream but does it taste any different? I think it's more about the texture. Ice cream with this stuff is like... well if Mr Whippy had a wife this would be her- the sexy Mrs Whippy. 

Liquid nitrogen is so much fun in the kitchen, sure you have to be careful because it is a very dangerous thing to work with, but I could also say that about a few chefs I have had in my kitchen. It might be safer getting a paco jet but where's the fun in that?!

Strawberries have just arrived in season so I wanted to do something simple, clean and in people's comfort zone. No vodka and green tea pallet cleanser with that smoke affect coming out of your nose yet, baby steps at the moment I think.

So I did marinated strawberries, liquid nitrogen vanilla ice cream, pepper, juice, foam and shortbread.

Tried to do some research the other night about what can be done with this stuff- frozen powders, nitro shucking, and so on I will be experimenting over the next while and see what I come up with.

Photographs by Carla Grassy