Cucumber Gimlet Recipe
A strong gin and lime cocktail, slightly sweetened with a syrup that helps to suspend the small liquid centered cucumber juice pearls that float in the drink.
Cucumber Gimlet Recipe
Eddie Shepherd
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10 minutes
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Molecular Gastronomy Cocktails
Molecular Gastronomy
A strong gin and lime cocktail, slightly sweetened with a syrup that helps to suspend the small liquid centered cucumber juice pearls that float in the drink.
Ingredienti
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250ml Cucumber Juice
10ml Gin
50g Sugar
1.6g Special Ingredients Sodium Alginate
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50ml Gin
35ml Suspension Syrup
25ml Fresh Lime Juice
Indicazioni
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Blend all the ingredients together until the liquid thickens a little.
Pass the mixture through a sieve or muslin to remove air bubbles
Use a pipette or syringe to make caviar pearls by dropping the cucumber mixture into a calcium bath (See the Calcium Bath Recipe on our website)
Allow the caviar to react for thirty seconds then remove with a slotted spoon and rinse in a bath of fresh water.
Use as soon as possible after making.
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Pour the gin, lime juice and suspension syrup into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Stir to chill then strain the drink into a glass.
Stir a few of the cucumber pearls into the mixed drink and garnish with borage flowers.