How to make baked pea pods as delicious as Trader Joe's.
December 3, 2015 1:20 PM Subscribe
How can I come close to replicating the deliciousness that is Trader Joe's Contemplates Inner Peas in my own kitchen?
As you can see here, the ingredients are pretty simple. According to the packaging, they are baked. But how is that tasty, flaky crunchiness achieved?
As you can see here, the ingredients are pretty simple. According to the packaging, they are baked. But how is that tasty, flaky crunchiness achieved?
From eating them, I assume they're kind of like Cheetos made from pea flour. I don't think we home cooks have much chance of doing that without industrial equipment.
posted by aimedwander at 1:40 PM on December 3, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by aimedwander at 1:40 PM on December 3, 2015 [5 favorites]
Response by poster: Ahhhhh, I see. I was naively buying into them being whole peas, which in retrospect was pretty silly.
posted by amro at 2:07 PM on December 3, 2015
posted by amro at 2:07 PM on December 3, 2015
This article talks about the puffing gun, a precursor to the continuous puffing machine shown in the video above.
You could approximate this by dehydrating a pea paste to the right consistency and then deep-frying to get the air bubbles, but it would be much fattier than baked crisps.
posted by O9scar at 5:21 PM on December 3, 2015
You could approximate this by dehydrating a pea paste to the right consistency and then deep-frying to get the air bubbles, but it would be much fattier than baked crisps.
posted by O9scar at 5:21 PM on December 3, 2015
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See also: this kinda scary video.
posted by saturngirl at 1:29 PM on December 3, 2015 [6 favorites]