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Sphere (pearl) for oysters
The traditional classic oyster preparation is typically with white wine vinegar, shallots, lemon juice, and perhaps Tabasco sauce. Our take with oysters, the sphere, and a bit of microgreens on top delivers almost the same flavors and with the surprising pop when you bite into the pearl, here you have an excellent suggestion for a delicious starter or appetizer.
Equipment
- Immersion Hand Blender
- Bowl
- Silicone Mold
Ingredients
Perl for oysters
- 50 gram Vinegar an edible rose vinegar was used here
- 100 gram Sugar Syrup 50% sugar, 50% water
- 600 mg Garnish Glitter shine, pearlescent dust
- 37 gram spring water or demineralized water
- 5 gram Calcium Lactate
- 400 mg Xanthan Gum
Sodium alginate bath
- 5 gram Sodium Alginate
- 1 l spring water or demineralized water
Calcic bath
- 6.5 gram Calcium Lactate
- 1 l spring water or demineralized water
Instructions
Sodium alginate bath
- Add sodium alginate to the spring water. Use an immersion blender to blend the liquid, this can easily take up to 2 minutes. The goal is to dissolve the powder.
- Let it stand for 24 hours so the air evaporates.
Oyster pearls
- Mix vinegar, sugar syrup, and spring water in a bowl/immersion blender glass.
- Then add calcium lactate, pearlescent dust, and Xanthan Gum. Make sure it is poured in the same spot in the middle of the glass.
- Take your immersion blender and see if you can encapsulate all the powder with it at the top of the liquid and blend. Blend a lot at the top in the beginning, and then continue downward afterwards. The goal is to dissolve the powder, and this can easily take up to 2 minutes.
- The goal is to avoid air in the liquid, so let it stand for at least 12 hours so the air evaporates.
- Pour the liquid into a silicone mold. Here this silicone mold was used, which is flexible and can be used for freezing.
- Place the silicone mold in the freezer and let it sit for a couple of hours.
- Take the pearls out of the silicone mold and place them in the sodium alginate bath.
- They should be in the liquid for about 3 minutes (depending on size) and use a spoon to stir among the spheres so they do not touch each other.
- Prepare a bowl with plain water beside it. When the pearls are ready, use a small slotted spoon to remove them and place them in the water bath.
- When taking them out of the water, there might be a small amount of "tails" sitting on the pearls, which should be gently removed with fingers.
- Serve immediately.
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