Always remember to floss...

Whether you call it candy floss, cotton candy, or fairy floss doesn't really matter: you likely gorged yourself on it at some carnival or fair as a kid and distinctly remember the sugary goodness that melts in your mouth. I recently added a home cotton candy machine to my ever growing cupboard full of kitchen gadgets.

We made regular cotton candy but I'd been really intrigued by a post on ideasinfood where they made foie gras cotton candy. Literally foie gras flavoured cotton candy and not just a piece of foie wrapped with the sugary stuff a la Jose Andres of minibar.

To make foie gras cotton candy:

30g foie gras (grade unimportant)
400g granulated sugar
175mL corn syrup
125mL water

In a small saucepan, render the fat from the foie gras until only liver type pieces remain. Strain fat and set aside.

Mix the sugar, corn syrup and water in a medium saucepan and heat on medium-high until the mixture bubbles and reaches a temperature of 150-155c (hard rock candy stage). Remove from heat and cool for a few minutes before folding in foie gras fat gently. Pour into suitable metal containers (I used miniature bread pans) and cool in the fridge until fully set.

Break sugar into chunks and place in coffee grinder and grind to a consistency. Store resulting powdered sugar in an airtight container and use as directed with your cotton candy machine.

Below are some pics of the finished product, including a happy accident where the sugar came out as thicker crunchy strands. Next I think I'll try and figure out a process for making a balsamic floss ;)

Comments

[Chicken Fried Gourmet]

wow that looks awesome, I tried making a corn sugar but it kept gumming up my machine :(

[Dentist Huntington Beach]

Thanks for posting this.

[Ed Mcgoldrick]

Foie grass... and cotton candy? Now that's an odd yet seemingly charming combination. It doesn't seem to be the kind of floss that would keep your teeth healthy, but it does look delicious.