French chef debuts 'world's first entirely synthetic gourmet dish'
French chef debuts 'world's first entirely synthetic gourmet dish'
London, Apr 20 : Popular French chef Pierre Gagnaire has created what he claims to be the world's first entirely synthetic gourmet dish.
The dish-a starter of jelly balls in apple and lemon flavours that are creamy on the inside and crisp on the outside-is making its debut in Hong Kong.
Entitled le note a note, the recipe is a combination of ascorbic acid, glucose, citric acid and a few grams of 4-O-a-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol, a sugar substitute otherwise known as maltitol