Introduction: Guava Vodka Caviar Pearls

By breakingtheculinarymold.wordpres
About: I love good food, who doesn’t? Millions of people make “good food” on a daily basis. Thousands of people have published cookbooks filled with “good food”… but good food gets boring… dull, dreary, mind-numbing…

Ingredients:

1/3 cup Guava juice & Ciroc Red Berry Vodka (proportion how you please)

2 packs (4 grams) Sodium Alginate

1/2 pack (1 gram) Calcium Lactate

3 drops red food coloring


Step 1:

Directions:

  1. In a medium saucepan combine 1 ¼ cup water and 4 grams of Sodium Alginate. Use the hand blender and mix thoroughly.
  2. Bring to a boil, and then set aside for 10 minutes.
  3. Measure out 1/3 cup of the sodium alginate syrup and stir in the guava juice/vodka mix. Mix well. (I added a few drops of red food coloring for added color, but feel free to leave out.)
  4. In a separate bowl combine 2 cups water and 1 gram of Calcium Lactate. Mix well. (Referred to as calcium bath)
  5. With a pipette, suck up the Guava Vodka mix and squeeze drops into calcium bath.
  6. Once the droplets have sank to the bottom, stir with the bored spoon (the one with holes) and scoop out beads. (The caviar beads I made were too small and clogged the spoon initially, so I collected with a strainer.)

Step 2:


This was such a quick and simple process and the result looks amazing! I find myself wanting to add caviar to everything now! Excuse for a dinner party? I think so!

Step 3:

Conclusion 1: These ingredient measurements make a ridiculously large amount of caviar beads. Either decrease amounts, or use the remaining Sodium Alginate syrup to do another flavor.

Conclusion 2: Although the caviar looks extremely impressive, it lacks flavor. From now on I’ll focus on only using strong flavors for caviar garnish… like jalapeno or ginger.

More directions at: http://breakingtheculinarymold.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/guava-vodka-caviar/