Cooking question

[cookwithlove]

Hi,
Is Soy Lectin also know as light soya sauce and what is Sofrito?

[phatch]

Soy lecithin is an emulsifier additive. In this particular case, it's derived from soy beans. Lecithin occurs in other products too such as egg yolks.

Light soy sauce refers to the level of carmelization of the sauce, not the sodium or calories. It is the most common soy sauce.

Sofrito varies a bit depending on which lcountry you're talking about, and even within the same countries. In Italy, Marcella Hazan describes it as cooking onions and parsley as the beginning of many dishes. Lidia Bastianich refers to it more as like a mirepoix including carrots and celery as well as the onion

It changes again in Spain and even more in Latin countries of the Americas, where it includes peppers and cilantro and garlic.

But in general, it is a mixture of chopped vegetables that form the cooking base for the recipe.

Phil

[Blueicus]

Soy Lecithin is not soy sauce, but is a lecithin (a combinations of certain molecules) extracted from soy used as an emulsifier or lubricant (at least that's what Wikipedia tells me).

If you are talking about lectin, it's not soy sauce either but another type of protein that has various purposes if you Google it.

A sofrito is a flavour base very similar to a French mirepoix that uses celery, carrots, and onion with a meat-based flavour (a ham or something like that).

[cookwithlove]

Thanks Blueicus and Phatch for your input. Something new to me. I came this recipe somewhere, a fine dinning ones and thought why not give it a a try.

The Recipe goes like this: LEMON SYRUP
200 ml sugar syrup, 1 tsp soy lectin,
50ml lemon juice.
Method: warm the sugar syrup in a sauce pan and dissolvethe soy lectin in the syrup, then add the lemon juice. Just before serving whisk the mixture with a bar mixer until foamy. i wonder waht is the function of soy lectin in this part of the recipe?