Chocolate Pearls - Or Mint Chocolate Pearls
Create these beautiful chocolate pearls as a side dish to a delicious dessert or serve them on a cake or pie!
Equipment
- Blender
- Sieve
- Pipette or syringe
- Molecular spoon
Ingredients
- 9 gram Calcium Lactate
- 3 gram Sodium Alginate
- 0.8 gram Sodium Citrate
- 160 gram Caster Sugar
- 80 gram Cocoa Powder
- 5 drops Mint Essential Oil (optional)
- 1 liter Water
Instructions
- Blend the 9g Calcium Lactate and 1 liter water well and allow to settle.
- Blend together the water, Sodium Alginate, Sodium Citrate and the mint oil if using.
- Then add the cocoa powder and sugar into the blender and blend well.
- Pass the mixture though a sieve or muslin to remove air bubbles.
- Use a pipette or syringe to make caviar spheres by dropping the chocolate mixture into a calcium lactate bath.
- Allow the caviar to react for thirty seconds then remove withthe molecular spoon and rinse in a bath of fresh water.
- Serve as soon as possible after making.
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