See that picture up there? Thats foam forming baby, simply put a foam is just air trapped in a liquid or a solid. Why do I mention this? Because in order to make those rocking squid strawberry ice candies I had to create some squid foam. What better way to do that than to buy myself a brand new iSi brushed aluminum Dessert Whip whipped cream and dessert maker. Hit the jump to learn more.
Made by iSi North America the Dessert Whip is their 1 pint whipped cream maker (they also offer the Mini Whip which is their .5 pint model and the Easy Whip when pushing a button is preferable to pulling a lever). The Dessert Whip is offered in White for $45.99, Black for $49.99, Red for $54.99, and for a $5.00 premium over Red is the brushed aluminum model that we have here. Opening the box revels the whipped cream maker, two decorator tips, a charge holder, cleaner brush, and the instruction manual.
First impressions are that this is a well built product, it should be iSi North America has been doing this for 30 years and it’s not exactly cheap, and the brushed aluminum is definitely sexy! After throwing the instruction manual away it was time to see how well this thing works (a charger was not included so I bought a 10 pack to be safe). Katt loaded up the container with gooey squid mixture (a tough maiden voyage to be sure), we screwed the top back on, loaded up a charger using the charger holder, attached a decorator tip and pulled the trigger. We where rewarded for our purchase with the most beautiful squid foam you can imagine. Now I’m sure that some of you may want to purchase a whipped cream charger for things other than squid, silly people, so we tried something else in the Flavourgasmic test kitchen, amaretto whipped cream! Simply mix heavy whipping cream, sugar, and amaretto in a bowl, pour into the container of the Dessert Whip, charge it up and boom. Delicious, luxurious whipped cream pefect for just about anything (not squid), I delivered mine into a waiting cup of coffee.
One thing to remember, is that creating whipped cream in this manner will not last like creating it with a stand mixer or hand blender so if you need whipped cream for a dessert that needs to last for any amount of time, charged whipped cream makers are not for you.
Amaretto Whipped Cream: .5 pint heavy whipping cream 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 shot (.75oz) of amaretto
