Cucumber Gimlet Cocktail Modern Twist Recipe
A classic strong gin and lime cocktail with a modernist twist
Equipment
- Pipette
Ingredients
Cucumber pearls
- 250 ml cucumber juice
- 10 ml gin
- 50 gr sugar
- 1.6 gr Sodium Alginate
- borage flowers as garnish
Cucumber Gimlet Cocktail
- 50 ml gin
- 35 ml suspension syrup See below
- 25 ml lime juice
Calcium Bath
- 20 gr Calcium Lactate
- 1 L water
Suspension Syrup (100 ml)
- 50 ml water
- 50 gr sugar
- 1 gr Xanthan Gum
Instructions
Cucumber Pearls
- Blend the Sodium Alginate, cucumber juice, gin and suger together until the liquid thickens a little.
- Pass the mixture through a sieve or muslin to remove air bubbles
- Create the calcium bath: Blend the caclium lactate and water well and allow to settle.
- Use a pipette or syringe to make caviar pearls by dropping the cucumber mixture into a calcium bath
- 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
Cucumber Gimlet
- 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.
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