Cucumber Gimlet with liquid pearls
An intense gin and lime cocktail, lightly sweetened with a syrup that suspends small, liquid-centred cucumber pearls.
Cucumber Gimlet with liquid pearls
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An intense gin and lime cocktail, lightly sweetened with a syrup that suspends small, liquid-centred cucumber pearls.
Ingredients
Cucumber pearls
- 250ml cucumber juice
- 10ml gin
- 50g sugar
- 1.6g Special Ingredients sodium alginate
Cucumber gimlet
- 50ml gin
- 35ml suspension syrup
- 25ml fresh lime juice
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Method
Cucumber pearls
- Blend all the pearl ingredients until slightly thickened.
- Strain through a sieve or muslin to remove air bubbles.
- Using a pipette or syringe, drip the mixture into the calcium lactate bath, prepared according to the corresponding recipe.
- Leave to react for 30 seconds, remove with a slotted spoon and rinse in clean water.
- Use the pearls as soon as possible after preparing them.
Cucumber gimlet
- Pour the gin, lime juice and suspension syrup into a shaker with ice. Stir to chill, then strain into a glass.
- Add a few cucumber pearls, stir gently and garnish with edible borage flowers.