Gastronomi ve Moleküler Gastronomi Açısından Üzüm Pekmezi

Abstract

Molecular gastronomy is a scientific field that contains the food materials, food ingredients, food additives, method of preparation of the food and appreciated by consumers. Grape pekmez, one of the traditional foods subject to our study, is the thick product obtained by reducing the acidity of unfermented fresh or raisin extracts by suitable methods and then thickening under vacuum or in the light in accordance with the technique. Although, today pekmez is generally produced industrially, it is also produced according to local methods partly in rural areas. It is also an important food in terms of nutrition and health by meeting most of the daily requirement of calcium, iron, potassium and magnesium.In this study; it was tried to be explained the changes in chemical and biochemical components which appear positively or negatively in pekmez during production that is molecular gastronomic transformations from raw material to finished product by focusing on the production stages. Thus, the production of pekmez was assessed in the gastronomic and molecular gastronomic directions.