“Top Chef” Contestant Brews “Potter” Delectables

On tour for his upcoming show, Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen, Top Chef‘s Season 2 runner-up, Marcel Vigneron, recently visited Universal Orlando Resort in Florida and concocted several Potter-themed goodies using his trademark bizarre techniques, such as liquid nitrogen. What’s more? Mr. Vigneron confesses to using MuggleNet (this very site) for his research and inspiration!

Served in a Chinese spoon, the butterbeer spheres are made with cream soda and a reaction between two chemicals. But first, Vigneron uses maltodextrin, which turns fat into powder, on some browned butter to make a nutty brown butter powder, which then gets a few drops of butterscotch flavoring. The spheres – which are still liquid in the center, but held by a gossamer membrane that bursts upon eating – are placed alongside the butter powder.

Read the full story from Zap2it. Our Rosmerta’s Recipes section is an excellent resource for all Potter recipes you could possibly want. Additionally, you may want to check out our exclusive interview with Dinah Bucholz, author of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook.

Thanks to MuggleNet reader Hilary K. for pointing this out!