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salut
this is Alex welcome back to the
meatball series where I'm trying to
perfect the absolute pristine ultimate
meat board yes that looks right if you
remember well in the first result we
went to New York to learn about
italian-american meatballs then we went
to Sweden to learn about Swedish
meatballs and finally in episode 3 we
went to Turkey to learn everything there
was to learn about
CAFTA I've been traveling a lot and it's
good to be back English to you now that
is one concern that I would like if
possible to share with you guys
over time I think the shape of these
very different yet connected meatballs
has flattened round ish with the Italian
American meatballs between looser in
terms of shape the Swedish meatballs
they don't have to be perfectly round
Swedish meatball either inside and then
with the kofta in Turkey
these mean names do things like bowls to
be honest we're hardly involved I'm not
complaining about this from a cultural
point of view
I know stone that decision is the death
of I'm trying to find excuses but the
truth is I just can't wrap my head
around a meatball that would be anything
else but spherical I mainly only want to
hear the world bore how am I supposed to
live with this when I can but I have to
go the extra mile
in our world a ball is a round object
okay but in my world in my world a ball
is a perfectly spherical object it feels
very very good so basically that's the
plan I want to make it perfectly round
meat board so I can sleep at night and
also hold on a second do not judge this
sickness too quickly it is a challenge
to make a round meatball out of a soft
mixture where the firm mixture is not
that complicated
using a tender a supple mixture and
that's way more complicated but the
reward is amazing Indian because you'll
have something round but also it's gonna
be juicy
you see I'm also cook I'm not just a mad
person so if I'm going any further I
need to make a big batch of mixture
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place in the fridge we've been working
on right so time to mix these rules and
try to make them as round as possible
I'm gonna do my best I promise use water
and that prevents dudes the meatball
from sticking because of the hydrophobic
properties of the meatball recipe this
is the method that was shared by
Nicklaus extent in Stockholm
a bad it looks like a pebble No so a
second method is to use both hands like
this basically definitely not better
what do you want me to do I'm not gonna
call it round if it's not is it even
possible to do this I mean my grandma
used to say that not all hands will make
good of can make good meatballs and
that's a figure of speech I know she
didn't mean it literally it's like she's
definitely talking about the skills and
talent of the meatball maker to try and
understand if the curvature of the pair
has anything to do basically with your
ability to make meatballs that would be
really a waste of time a waste of time
no I'm gonna be right now looking
forward to something promising the
trusty little ice cream scoop with a
platform that's another story
three two one that fluffy thing inside
is just messing up with the surface it
was great on paper but it but it's not
amazing right
so I was just browsing I found what is
named a meatball maker basically you
pinch the mixture and when you open it
up you get a perfectly round meatball
now I'm gonna say it I don't like
but still because I need to sleep at
night i order of this gadget would it be
able to make a perfectly round meatball
that's another pair of scissors I'm
gonna go deep drop some overflow it's
not bad let's try another one I can tell
you this is gonna cause a massive crack
in our meatball and that can't be bad
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I've been placing that in the fridge I
feel like it's time for me to start
making the tools I mean we own you
something like this was gonna happen I'm
looking at my 3d printer food sphere
Christian injection I'm gonna wash my
hands tough but my half-sphere are
pitted another one you secure this with
a piece of string to create the meatball
Death Star you want to inject meatball
mixture unmold it get a perfectly bore I
can sleep at night
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I don't have a piping bag but I have
this in my stupid little big boy why are
we doing over the filling the injection
is not perfect whatever I can produce
straight out of the mold
gravity is basically gonna ruin it there
is more to solve than just the bottom of
the shape
I think I'm in a dead end when you
inject mixture within one hole it's not
flowing inside it's creating like a
sausage like a snake if you want that is
swirling around folding and folding onto
itself creating plenty air pockets
Cashel injecting is not the way to go
maybe there's something else like
spinning like Adam I have no clue
whatsoever tonight go back try to sleep
cry collapse we can ship in the morning
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hi guys welcome back to the North Pole I
don't have a solution let's bust it out
immediately but I may have a lead I read
something about shearing forces and how
it might help our project so I'm off to
the hardware store I'm gonna try to get
a few material to make at least the
proof-of-concept
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is the conception that I just made you
basically place a big blob of meatball
mixture right there the blob gets
trapped in between the pipe pipe it gets
rolled and shaped at the same time until
it exits the bottom one I don't know
what I'm gonna do
completely round inside but then when it
falls it flattens but just one problem
at a time let's just shoot this in slow
motion just to see if it's round when it
exit the thing let me set this up for a
second right so I just shut the slow
motion I'm very excited to be honest
let's take a closer look
happen too fast only the top wall is
moving which means that you've got that
shearing motion looks like a perfect
boat at the moment you see that perfect
girl what happens what Isaac does a
sharp edge on the exit you've got a
perfect shape right there but in the
middle you've got like a key gap if you
want on a gentle slope that would
hopefully prevent any mark on the
outside of the middle from from from
happening hi guys this is the moment
amid the slope basically more gradual
more gentle I'm gonna load it up
it's firing time
three-two-one
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yes okay guys if I may say so myself
this is an absolute success how the hell
is this perfectly round to me well hold
on a second I did manage to shape a
perfectly round meatballs for maybe less
than a second it'd still be something I
need to maintain that that deferred
roundness all the way through cooking me
but I have like one or two ID on how I
could solve the problem basically this
wolf of possible turned out to be very
effective well obviously I could always
improve that thing you just make it a
bit longer
make the shape maybe a bit smoother a
loader on top I need to meet boats for a
seven probably time to tune it down a
bit
yes at least I can shape a perfectly
round meatball now it's probably a bit
early to just smile and laugh and
celebrate as that is so much more to do
to create the perfect meatball anyway
I'm on my way so we will catch up in the
next one bye bye son
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