Alginate spheres

[kirkbudhram]

how do you get it not to stick together?

[spacemooseable]

sodium alginate? Kinda difficult if you don't have sodium alginate.

any place to get sodium alginate? My neighborhood sodium alginate store

just closed down. Are there any sodium alginate junkies that could spare a dime bag?

[CaericElRoi]

@spacemooseable trufflina(dot)com sells it :)

[TheSaffaboy78]

We do something similar in our restaurant using agar and dropping them into cold oil. They set right away and also stay set at room tempreture because of the agars setting tempreture. We also make avo spheres but use calcium lactate, is it similar to calcium chloride?

[AnubisReign]

awsum, great job man..that big one at the end was pretty damn nice, held really well.

[vonzipperpunk]

i really need some help on the amount of sodium and calcium used i have the ingredients but now im stuck cant get the right consistency, if any one can help please do!!

[Freebyrd7]

Now, where does one get sodium alginate and calcium chloride???

[AKPhoenixProductions]

@Freebyrd7 Amazon.com has both. We use it in our Science experiments!

[bluekrackmunky]

looks like a giant blood clot in the end >-<

[blahdob]

Maybe you could put caviar in the blender and make fake real caviar

[1DAngus1]

Question:

can you use the Calcium solution for as long as needed? or will it "dilute" and you will need to add more Calcium chloride after use?

[r3never]

as long as needed

[ThePyroSmurf]

up until 00:54 it looks like fish eggs in water :) awesome video

[tokiiohotelrox6]

Dats cool

[MTMV2]

if you don't care to let the bubble sit over night you can always run the solution through a vacuum sealer a few times, does the trick just as well.

[JamesBond0034]

when i bleed my nose, sometimes a chunck of blood like this one comes out

[jonathanmlang]

@JamesBond0034 Thats called a clot and that is a very different thing

[puremage000]

so is this how they make like bursting bug sweets ???

[TemLo5425]

lol i like the giant one. thanks for uploading! could this also be done with agar-agar? mmmm blueberry syrup.

[garynewman123]

which store can i buy alginate from please i need help

[0MrENigma0]

Ebay... 1lb for $10.50... each additional lb $5.50 more...

[nasffj]

lol.i can do this size wihout a needle.

[nasffj]

do you really need a needle.?

[TobyDelphio]

To make the spheres of that size, probably. Depends on how big you want it to end up.

[yukichano]

Is it really edible? 'cos i found some people even sell it in replacement of jelly. i do taste it but afraid of the side effect afterward. sodium alginate is hard to find. please i need clarification urgently, thanks for giving such an informative video, it's excellent indeed!

[humdot]

it is edible!

[jaradpaul12987]

its natural

[isselman2000]

Edible?

[humdot]

yeah

[THoriguchi]

this looks so tastyy!!!!

[martchef]

tried thisat work.you can get all the stuff from professional food supliers.I guess its fine if the rest of your food hits the mark but you wont win stars doing just this.lobster anyone?

[jsimaluk]

in a much simpler form

[cheeka87]

actually, its not dropped in cold oil. its a solution made of water and calcium chloride..

But i would like to know y u called it cold oil actually..if i may know.. since i just start learning about molecular gastronomy also.

[jsimaluk]

agar powder needs to be cooled to thicken, so you would have your liquid with the agar then have cold canola straight from the fridge and drip into that to cool it down really fast,so it hits the oil forms into a ball then by the time it hits to bottom its solid

[icankickyourasshole]

The second to last art culinaire has a recipe for the agar/chilled grapeseed oil technique.

[jsimaluk]

its just a juice thickened with agar powder and dripped into cold oil so the little ones could be a "faux (insert flavour here) "caviar"

[dcouille]

its more then * juice thickened with agar powder*...its alginate. when you drop alginate in very salty water(calcium chloride), its like gelly on the out side and liquid in the inside...you can do it with AGAR but its not liquid in the inside...

[dcouille]

the AGAR way is just more simple but the quality isnt the same...

[chefbigham]

wow!!! i am a chef as well and have wondered how this is done. thanx for the demo and if in atl. area, check out creative culinary concepts in monroe ga.

[zahara11]

What are those used for, anyone?

[WREELING21]

WOW! I AM SO GLAD TO SEE HOW THIS IS DONE! I DID A "molecular gastronomy" EVENING AT JOSE ANDRES MiniBar, FANTASTIC FOOD of "fuzz, foams, bubbles, smoke & mirrors" not a "bib gourmand" AT A MICHELIN 3 STAR PRICE? Chef Jose Andrés and Executive Chef Katsuya Fukushima both worked for CHEF FERRAN ADRIA at elBulli.

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