A little while back I had the honour of going to La Colombe with my amazing fiancé, the Gorgeous Gourmet, and for desert she had this:
![Rose & coconut panna cotta](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/la-colombe-desert.jpg?resize=600%2C400)
I’d seen restaurants on the interweb giving their patrons big glasses full of foam they called “Air”, and after having a spoonful of the foam from La Colombe I decided I would give it a crack and see what I came up with.
In the research I did on Soy Lecithin, I discovered that it’s a great emulsifier and is perfect for creating a flavoured foam.
![soy lecithin Soy Lecithin](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/soy-lecithin.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
It’s not often you get to make “air” for the first time so I thought I’d be adventurous and make a strawberry and coriander air. The thought being that it would be sweet from the strawberries and savoury from the coriander.
![strawberries and coriander Strawberries and coriander](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/strawberries-and-coriander.jpg?resize=450%2C600)
So, you’ll need to get your own blend of ingredients to suite your palate – I very technically just put a “bunch” of both in, added half a cup of water and mixed them in the blender and then measured out 350ml. This brings us to what you will need to make your very own foam/air.
350 grams liquid (which is pretty much the same in millilitres)
2 grams Soy Lecithin
![strawberries in blender Strawberries in a blender](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/strawberries-in-blender.jpg?resize=450%2C600)
Mix them with an immersion blender (because the aim is to get bubbles), and scoop the bubbles off. This air can apparently last for a few hours and can even be frozen for a few months. Don’t put them in a normal blender, or you wont get the desired strawberry and coriander air.
![Strawberry and Coriander foam Strawberry and Coriander foam](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/foam1.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
I froze mine and put it on Lemon curd and cinnamon ice cream I made a while back. There’s no photo because I’m not a good food blogger yet and I ate it before I could take a pic. My apologies. Not really.