It’s time to reveal our arsenal of unconventional weapons. For this battle we’re choosing the nuclear option. If you happen to be 999,999 on the wait list for a reservation at El Bulli forget about it. They’re closing in September. But inspired by the great man Ferran Adria I would like to offer up something different this week. For the scallops theme I’m making a “sea foam” with blood orange. This riffs on the classic “sauce maltaise”---hollandaise infused with blood orange juice---most often used with asparagus. So asparagus are included. And the scallops receive a pistachio crust. It does involve some high tech equipment, in this case an ISI whipper, but there are other options for that. I like to think of a recipe as a diagram rather than a program. In school I was taught to diagram a sentence. Sometimes it’s helpful to think in those terms; as in the adverb goes here. But because I went to school I also know that “U” is not a personal pronoun, nor is “R” a form of the verb “to be”. The ingredients are not complex but the technique is, only because you have to think it through. Let’s get cooking.

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