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Mint caviar

Make your own caviar pearls with the handy Spherificator, using alginate and calcium salt.This caviar maker can easily process any type of liquid into pearls, such as vinaigrette pearls in a salad or mint pearls in a cocktail. The pearls deliver a flavor explosion as soon as they burst open in the mouth!

Ingredients

30units.itemsMint leaves
0.5Sugar
500mlWater
0.25sodium citrate
1calcium salt
50mlSugar syrup
Spherificator

Preparation

  1. Put 200 ml water with the mint leaves and sodium citrate in a blender and blend for 20 seconds on the highest setting.
  2. Mix the sugar with the alginate.
  3. Set the blender to the lowest speed and sprinkle the alginate/sugar mixture into the spinning liquid.
  4. Mix until all the powder is dissolved.
  5. Slowly add the sugar syrup and keep mixing.
  6. Let rest for 30-45 minutes to allow the air to escape.
  7. Pour through a small sieve into the Spherificator.
  8. Dissolve the calcium salt in 500 ml of water by stirring with a spoon for about 30 seconds.
  9. Press the button on the Spherificator and let small balls of the mint mixture fall into the calcium salt bath.
  10. Let them sit in the water for 1 minute.
  11. Transfer the pearls to a sieve and rinse them under running water.
  12. Let drain briefly and serve!