Featured in: Israel’s New Culinary Chemists
Recipe by: Guy Bensimon and Shahar Dabbah
Molecular Mango-Caviar
June 17, 2021
Ingredients
- 250ml (1 cup) mango puree
- 250ml (1 cup) of water
- 1.8 g sodium alginate
- 1.3 g sodium citrate
- Calcium solution: 5 g of calcium lactate dissolved in 500 ml (2 cups) of water.
Preparation
Molecular Mango-caviar, from Guy Bensimon and Shahar Dabbah, in the elBulli style
- Step 1
Dissolve the sodium citrate in water.
- Step 2
Mix with mango puree.
- Step 3
Add the sodium alginate and dissolve with a hand blender.
- Step 4
Strain, and if possible, leave the mixture for a night in the fridge.
- Step 5
Sprinkle the mixture into the calcium solution, using a pipette or a syringe.
- Step 6
Leave in solution for a minute.
- Step 7
Collect by straining, then dry and serve.