{"id":284,"date":"2014-02-02T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T20:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/cricket-broth\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T17:45:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:45:15","slug":"cricket-broth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/cricket-broth\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Broth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Nurdin Topham<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recipe development for our Pestival<\/a> menu, by Nurdin Topham \u2013 now Head Chef at NUR<\/a> in Hong Kong<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of our own learning process we tried making some simple stocks to taste the inherent flavour of these different creatures, and to determine which was the optimal proportion of insect to use to impart the flavour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After trying 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% we found that 20% was sufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once determining our basic ratio, we began adding a few more variables with the following recipes cooked sous vide at 85\u02daC for 1 hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White stocks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Cricket
60g     20%    Crickets
0.5g    0.1%     Sea salt
300g   100%   H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Cricket & Kombu
60g     20%    Crickets
0.5g    0.1%     Sea Salt
2g       0.6%    Kombu
300g   100%   H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Meal worm
60g     20%    Meal worms
0.5g    0.1%    Sea Salt
300g   100%   H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Meal worm & Kombu
60g     20%    Meal worms
0.5g    0.1%    Sea Salt
2g       0.6%   Kombu
300g  100%    H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown stocks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

5. Cricket
60g     20%    Crickets, roasted 12 minutes @ 160\u02daC w\/ 5g rapeseed oil
0.5g    0.1%     Sea Salt
300g   100%   H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Cricket & Kombu
60g     20%    Crickets, roasted 12 minutes @ 160\u02daC w\/ 5g rapeseed oil
0.5g    0.1%     Sea Salt
2g       0.6%    Kombu
300g   100%   H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Meal worm
60g     20%    Meal worms
0.5g    0.1%    Sea Salt
300g   100%   H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Meal worm & Kombu
60g     20%    Meal worms
0.5g    0.1%    Sea Salt
2g       0.6%   Kombu
300g   100%   H20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The brown stocks were on the whole better than the white. With the browning masking some of the \u2018unpleasant insect\u2019 flavours. Cricket stocks were the more pleasant, naturally sweet and reminiscent of a prawn with a rounded biscuity savoury flavour. The Meal worm flavour was distinctively unpleasant \u2013 the aroma and flavour was hidden and improved with roasting which gave rise to chicken skin flavours and a crispy texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a research visit to the Copenhagen zoo we learnt that often crickets\u2019 diet is based on 1\/2 cereals and 1\/2 fish feed. We wondered to what extent the fish feed influenced the flavour of the crickets \u2013 more work could explore the effects of different feeding regimes on flavour. After speaking to different suppliers, we found crickets fed on grasses, not on fish food, and this improved the flavor dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cricket Broth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After these initial trials we decided to pursue a broth as a concept to present the pure taste of insect. So we continued to investigate how to best obtain this purity of flavour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first task was to try testers of different stock cooking methods \u2013 in a pan, sous vide, and in the pressure cooker. We found sous vide to provide the cleanest flavour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some notebook diagram notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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fig 1: cricket broth trials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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fig 2: broth 2 – production batch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Final broth recipe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Base brown cricket stock
1000g            100%             Water
200g             20%               Crickets roasted, preheated Rational 160\u02daC for 18 minutes
4g                  0.4%              Sea salt        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combine in sous vide bag and cook @ 85\u02daC for 1 hour, then chill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the clarification & final broth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

500g             100%             Brown cricket stock, reduced by half, cold
165g              33%               Crickets roasted in a preheated oven at 160\u02daC for 18 minutes
50g               10%                Carrot, finely sliced 2mm 
50g               10%                Shallot, finely sliced 2mm            
50g               10%                Leek, finely sliced 2mm                          
80g               16%                Chicken breast
50g               10%                Egg white
10g                 2%                Grasshopper garum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Puree chicken breast and egg white together at full power for 20 seconds. Mix ingredients together in a vacuum bag and seal under full vacuum. Cook at 85\u02daC for 1 hour, pass through a fine super bag, taste and adjust the balance of seasoning with a little grasshopper garum if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When preparing for larger numbers we cooked the clarification traditionally in a large stock pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Pestival event, we served alongside the roasted desert locusts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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photo: Wellcome Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Nurdin Topham. Recipe development for our Pestival menu, by Nurdin Topham \u2013 now Head Chef at NUR in Hong Kong As part of our own learning process we tried making some simple stocks to taste the inherent flavour of these different creatures, and to determine which was the optimal proportion of insect to use to impart the flavour. After trying 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% we found that 20% was sufficient. Once determining our basic ratio, we began adding a few more variables with the following recipes cooked sous vide at 85\u02daC for 1 hour. White stocks 1. Cricket60g     20%    Crickets0.5g    0.1%     Sea salt300g   100%   H20 2. Cricket & Kombu60g     20%    Crickets0.5g    0.1%     Sea Salt2g       0.6%    Kombu300g   100%   H20 3. Meal worm60g     20%    Meal worms0.5g    0.1%    Sea Salt300g   100%   H20 4. Meal worm & … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

by Nurdin Topham. Recipe development for our Pestival menu, by Nurdin Topham \u2013 now Head Chef at NUR in Hong Kong As part of our own learning process we tried making some simple stocks to taste the inherent flavour of these different creatures, and to determine which was the optimal proportion of insect to use to impart the flavour. After trying 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% we found that 20% was sufficient. Once determining our basic ratio, we began adding a few more variables with the following recipes cooked sous vide at 85\u02daC for 1 hour. White stocks 1. Cricket60g     20%    Crickets0.5g…<\/p>\n","category_list":"Uncategorized<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Nordic Food Lab","url":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/blog\/author\/nordic-food-lab\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2018,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/2018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicfoodlab.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}