Mugaritz defends himself after the controversy of his dish with a simulated human embryo: "It is not and will not be on our menu"

Given the criticism received for a dish that reproduced a three-month-old human embryo at a private meal held in Madrid, the Mugaritz restaurant, with two Michelin stars in Errenteria (Gipuzkoa), has recalled that "

" of its gastronomic proposal.

In a statement released this Tuesday on social networks and collected by Efe, they detail from Andoni Luis Aduriz's restaurant that it is "a concept that

that are used as an internal exercise to explore the limits of human contradiction and not as part of the tasting menu in any of the seasons".

The text is made public after, in addition to reactions for and against the dish on social networks, the anti-abortion association Institute of Social Policy announced this Tuesday that it will take Aduriz to court "for inciting hatred" if in 24 hours he does not apologize and withdraws it from the letter.

According to the restaurant, for six months a year its creativity department works on the design of the dishes that will make up the menu for the following season, but not all of them are served.

Therefore, since its creation in 2015, this simulated embryo "

that allowed to generate a context of dialogue and reflection, such as university seminars, private events or other forums", as happened in Madrid, where he was invited to offer his version of cocido in a restaurant at a private meal. In fact, they add,

and, when it was created seven years ago, it was a jelly bean mold made from broad bean paste and achiote (a spice) with ham and broad bean broth.

The one served in the capital was made from chickpea broth with hazelnut juice and caviar in his personal version of the stew in which the meat was freeze-dried and arranged on an emulsified cream with chicken fat and the vegetables cooked for three days at 90 degrees.

From Mugaritz

that have been able to "hurt sensitivities" because "with none of their creations and under no pretext does it pursue that purpose."

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