REINVENTED GREEK SALAD
Technique: SPHERIFICATION
Food additives: CALCIUM LACTATE, SODIUM ALGINATE
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) radishes
- 3/4 cup (190 ml) cucumbers
- 1 tbs (15 ml) parsley
- 1 tb s (15 ml) dill
- 1 cup (250 ml) plain yogurt
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tbs (30 ml) lemon juice
- 2 cups (500 ml) water
- 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) CALCIUM LACTATE
- 1 sachet (2 g) SODIUM ALGINATE
- shiso leaves to taste
- pistachios + raspberries to taste
DIRECTIONS
SALAD
Julienne radishes and cucumbers, chop parsley and dill and combine in a bowl. Set aside.
YOGURT SPHERES
Finely chop garlic. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, except for water. Warm up 1 tbs (15 ml) of water and combine with calcium lactate. Stir until the calcium lactate is fully diluted, then incorporate it to the yogurt mixture. Pour mixture into small, demi-spherical molds and let sit in the freezer for 1 hour or until the spheres are frozen.
In a rectangular, flat-bottomed bowl and using a hand blender, dissolve sodium alginate in water. Let sit for 15 minutes, then warm briefly in a microwave oven.
Unmold frozen yogurt spheres in alginate bath. Let sit for 3 minutes while gently stirring once in a while to prevent the spheres from touching.
Fill a medium-sized bowl with water. Using a slotted spoon, delicately collect the spheres and briefly rinse them in the water, then remove excess water from each sphere by applying a piece of paper towel on the bottom of the spoon. Reserve.
ASSEMBLY
Serve salad and spheres on top of shiso leaves. Decorate each plate with raspberries and pistachios.