Bloody Mary Sphere Recipe
The popular savoury drink made with tomato juice and vodka is turned into a liquid centered sphere which can be served as an edible cocktail, amuse bouche or a canapé.
Bloody Mary Sphere Recipe
Eddie Shepherd
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30 minutes
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Molecular Gastronomy Cocktails
Molecular Gastronomy
The popular savoury drink made with tomato juice and vodka is turned into a liquid centered sphere which can be served as an edible cocktail, amuse bouche or a canapé.
Ingredienti
170ml Tomato Juice
20ml Vodka
10g Soy Sauce
5 Drops Tabasco
3g Special Ingredients Calcium Lactate
1g Special Ingredients Xanthan Gum
Pinch of Salt
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Small Hemisphere Moulds.
Indicazioni
Combine all the ingredients together in a blender and blitz for a minute to combine them. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve to remove as many air bubbles as possible.
There are two techniques that can now be used to make the spheres - a frozen and a non-frozen.
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Freeze the Bloody Mary liquid in small hemisphere moulds.
Now heat the Sodium Alginate bath (see Sodium Alginate Bath Recipe) to 50°C.
Add the frozen hemispheres into the Alginate Bath a couple at a time, stirring carefully for one minute. Then remove and refresh in cold water.
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Place small spoonful’s of the Bloody Mary mixture into an alginate bath (see Sodium Alginate Bath Recipe). Let the spheres react for approx 30 seconds then remove them with a slotted spoon and refresh in cold water. Garnish the sphere with fresh basil leaves and serve immediately.