Molecular Gastronomy - Balsamic Vinegar Pearls - Perles de vinaigre balsamique

[Galtar99]

Why rinse the balsamic vinegar caviar at all? Or if you just want the caviar, why not drop it into ice cold water instead of oil?

[sk537224]

@Galtar99 In order to solidify the vinegar caviar, the drops need to be suspended into cold oil because aqueous liquids do not readily mix into oil - the reason vinaigrettes separate. Dropping the vinegar into cold water may solidify the caviar, but will do so poorly and there is a chance that the caviar would be mis-shapen. Rinsing only removes the oil, most likely for a finer presentation and unimpeded flavor.

[nerdybirdyish]

I very much like your videos, I was cooking sous vide tonight and wanted a side...very amazing techniques...I think I saw a product at the cooking store that you have, will get it ...cheers

[kitchenfromhell]

I made sweet caviar like this. blackberry lemonade. and put in on a vanilla sabayon, with some sugared mint leaves, and a few drops of hazelnut paste

[MoleculeRflavors]

@kitchenfromhell Sounds yummy! 

[cortacanya]

i am the originator of this technique

[tishtoshtishtosh]

@joufu10 nope, agar sets quickly so drop it straight into cold oil it sets imeediately

[tishtoshtishtosh]

awesome vid, awesome product. worked well

[Blizzhunnt]

so cool it looks just like caviar :)

[Elloweasle]

does anyone know how much agar is in one sachet?

[MoleculeRflavors]

@Elloweasle One sachet of agar-agar is 2 g. For all volumes, please take a look at m o l e c u l e - r [dot] c o m .

[TheHugMuffin]

Can you use gelatin?

[tishtoshtishtosh]

@TheHugMuffin I doubt it.... agar sets extremely quickly and even at room temperature, normal gelatine wont really work. if you're having trouble finding agar go to an asian grocery shop

[piratedudette]

And like someone else has said, can you do this with anyhting, like fruit juice? Or a curry dip/sauce maybe?

[richifever]

Is is possible to nest these? So have a balsamic pearl within an olive oil pearl?

[MoleculeRflavors]

If you want to have a certain quantity ready for the evening, just keep them in a bowl. It won't move once gelified. (agar agar only melts at 80°C !!!)

You can keep your pearls the same way you'd keep your balsamic vinegar.

[MARADIEGO]

how would you keep any of these spheric items on a cooking line to serve through dinner service? Do they keep or does it have to be made a la minute all the time?

[mizzyAt]

That's cool

[AprilFool369]

is there a formula in this?

[MoleculeRflavors]

Hi moomoo52355,

The orange thing is a tomato slice and the white one is bocconcini cheese.

[moomoo52355]

what is the orange food that the pearls in (at the end in the serving sergestions)

[Sloomification]

Oh man these foods are so cool and pretty! I am so buying the kit!

[MoleculeRflavors]

Bonjour LazerElectroDancer,

En fait, cette substitution est impossible sans avoir un correcteur de PH car l'eau serait alors trop acide.

[LazerElectroDancer]

puis je substituer le agar agar par le e401? et utilizer de l'eau avec e327 ?