Spherificator IMP-SPH - Hot Sauce Pearls Recipe

14 SPHERIFICATOR RECIPES
Hot Sauce Pearls
Try this recipe with your favorite hot sauce and eat it with
anything from pasta to hot dogs and nachos!
Confetti Champagne
Spoon these colorful pearls into a glass of champagne and
enjoy a delicious beverage lled with bursts of flavor!
INGREDIENTS
¾ cup (200mL) water
½ tsp (3g) sodium citrate
½ tsp (2g) sodium alginate
½ tsp (2g) sugar
¼ cup (60mL) hot sauce
 tsp (4.5g) calcium chloride
 cups (500mL) water –
separate bowl
INGREDIENTS
½ cup (350mL) apricot juice
¼ cups (1L) water
⅓ cup (75mL) strawberry jam
 tsp (15g) sugar
⅓ cup (320mL) water
 tsp (4g) sodium alginate
Champagne to serve
 tsp (4.5g) calcium chloride
 cups (500mL water) –
separate bowl
. Place water and sodium citrate in a blender and blend for
20 seconds.
. Mix sugar with sodium alginate.
. With the blender on low speed, sprinkle sodium alginate/sugar
onto the liquid. Mix until the powder is absorbed by the liquid
(or use an immersion blender to mix the alginate/sugar into
the water).
. Slowly add the hot sauce while continuing to mix.
. Let rest 30-45 minutes to allow all the air to escape.
. Strain the hot sauce mixture through a small strainer.
Pour into Sphericator.
. Dissolve the calcium chloride in 500mL water by mixing with
a spoon for 30 seconds.
. Press the button on the Sphericator and drop the hot sauce
solution into the calcium bath and leave sit for 1 minute.
. Collect the pearls in a strainer, rinse under running water,
drain and serve!
. Pour apricot juice into a blender.
. Mix 2 tsp sugar with ½ tsp sodium alginate.
. With the blades on low speed, sprinkle sodium alginate/sugar
onto the spinning liquid. Mix until the powder is absorbed
by the liquid (or use an immersion blender to mix the
sugar/alginate into the water).
. Let rest 30-45 minutes to allow all the air to escape.
. Strain the apricot mixture through a small strainer.
Pour into the Sphericator.
. Dissolve the calcium chloride in 500mL water by mixing with
a spoon for 30 seconds.
. Press the button on the Sphericator and drop the apricot
solution into the calcium bath and leave to set for 1 minute.
. Collect the pearls in a strainer, rinse under running water,
drain and serve!
. Repeat above steps starting with the jam and the remaining
sugar and alginate. You can use the same calcium chloride bath
for the strawberry jam pearls as you did for the apricot juice.