We have all had one! That perfect cheesecake in a classy restaurant, or as a dessert at a corporate dinner, it is lighter, airier, yet fully flavoursome, dare we say it – different to the ones we have had had at home. Maybe we have gone back to that café or restaurant and sampled it again and it is exactly the same – perfect! The quality is consistent. Maybe the home cooks amongst us have tried to replicate it and frankly failed. So, what has made the difference? What is the secret ingredient?
The clue is in your recipe
Check out the recipes on the internet and whether it is a towering slice like in a New York deli or the more restrained slices that we get in the UK, there are clues to find the commercial success we have seen, for the home baker! We are concerning ourselves here with the cheesy, fluffy, creamy bit of course. Anyone can do the base! No – for the all-defining bit of cheesecake that we all love we are talking about the main element, and the tell-tale phrases in recipes, all say things like “Beating the cream cheese will make it silky and smooth”. Or “whipping the cream will thicken and aerate the filling”. That’s where we start to understand where creamers or simply N2O come in. Not to mention making all the difference.
The use of nitrous oxide by chefs and mixologists
In commercial kitchens and in mass production the food industry is not standing beating cream with even the best industrial beaters! Because nitrous Oxide takes all the work and time out of whipping,plus delivering greater volume of finished product! Availableas a complete system with food-grade N2O – the gas acts as a propellant creating whipped cream in seconds. In fact, in the kitchen, chefs are working with N2O to magic up culinary foams, delicate sauces, marinades and even exotic cocktails by inspired cocktail designers!
What we need to know about Nitrous oxide
There are different grades of N2O and only the purest is intended to be used in the catering industry and is spoken of as ‘food safe’. Some is for medical use and termed as ‘medical grade.Just a word – don’t go near the nitrous oxide used in car engines, that is definitely not for human consumption!!The creamers sold on our site are all 99% pure grade and suitable for culinary uses. There are so many uses of nitrous oxides today! Let’s share the secret of the Starbucks whipped cream and why it is so differently delicious to regular whipped cream? Vanilla flavoured heavy cream, charged with a nitrous oxide canister and shaken up! So, if you want that super clean flavour profile in your cooking and especially in a cheesecake, then using a nitrous oxide canister will give you the texture and no taste you want, ready to accept the flavour or the glorious fresh fruit topping you have in mind. If you want to make perfect whipped cream and desserts at home, then you will need a nitrous oxide cream charger – check out our stock!