Fun with Freezing

Instead of heating up food the Anti-Griddle freezes it. Just drop a spoonful of pureed mango say onto this chill-grill insert a stick and you’ll have a homemade fruit lollipop within minutes. Or scribble “Mazel Tov” with melted chocolate on the flat freezing surface to make a fun dessert for sheva brachos. You can play around with mousse purees creams syrups or anything you’d want as a frozen treat.

In three simple steps you can create your culinary concoction. First you oil the Anti-Griddle’s surface to prevent sticky freeze. Next turn the machine on (it should take five to ten minutes for the surface to drop down to -30° F). Finally drop your mixture — whether orange jello caramel mousse chocolate or raspberry syrup — onto the surface and wait a few minutes. The results are well cool.

Restaurateurs are playing around with this device and creating foods you’d never dream of. For example a chef might put a dome of cheese foam onto the Anti-Griddle flipping it over on all sides to create a crunchy frozen crust and a creamy molten inside. Or for a catered event there might be a tray of frozen discs of marshmallow mousse chocolate and berry syrup piled around a warm confection for a frozen super treat. Cooked fish in crème can also be chilled solid at the surface and warm within each bite.

Now you’re probably wondering — how much does it cost? The Anti-Griddle is available for the princely sum of $1199. I’m guessing that most of us won’t shell out that kind of money for a machine that may just take up kitchen space. But if you happen upon a restaurant that features the Anti-Griddle you can at least enjoy the culinary delights that the machine can produce.

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