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Caviar from whatever - molecular cuisine

To make these fun beads of juice (hearty or fruity), you will need calcium lactate and sodium alginate. The desired juice and a thick syringe from the pharmacy.

Rote Beete Kaviar im Glas

Rote Beete Kaviar

In general, for whatever beads/caviar you want to make, you will need the following ingredients or tools:

0,5g sodium alginate 100g juice 5g calcium lactate 1000g water

Using a blender or blender, puree the juice and alginate and let it sit overnight so that the juice becomes clear. It will become cloudy due to the foaming, but this will settle.

Dissolve the calcium lactate in the water until the liquid is clear.

Now draw up the juice in the syringe (not too much at a time) and drop it into the calcium lactate solution in small beads. Strain after 60 seconds and rinse briefly in clear water. Ready. Serve immediately.

So much for wishful thinking, because all liquids and times behave differently depending on the acidity and thickness of the liquids. The PH value must be greater than 3.6.

Tip:

To store the beads, although not for long, you can boil a sugar solution of 15% sugar and 15% water, cool and store the caviar in it.