Serves 1
Directions
- 1Measure 5 grams of sodium alginate.
- 2Measure out 1 liter of water into a glass container that can be sealed with a lid.
- 3Use an immersion blender or regular blender to mix the water with the sodium alginate for 1 to 3 minutes, ensuring all sodium alginate has disintegrated and there are no white chunks.
- 4Place an airtight lid on the mixture and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 24 hours until the liquid is clear with no bubbles.
- 5Measure out 6 grams of calcium lactate.
- 6Create your desired cocktail for the inside of the pod, totaling 200 grams, ensuring it will freeze.
- 7For an espresso martini, combine 60 grams of vodka, 60 grams of espresso, 30 grams of simple syrup, 30 grams of Kahlua, and 20 grams of Amaretto.
- 8Using an immersion blender, slowly add the calcium lactate to the cocktail mixture until completely dissolved.
- 9Pour the cocktail mixture into silicone ice molds and freeze for at least 12 hours until completely frozen and hardened.
- 10Once the sodium alginate liquid is clear with no bubbles, put it in the microwave until it reaches 120 degrees.
- 11Prepare two bowls of cold water to be used as rinse bowls and set them up in a row.
- 12Remove the frozen pods from the molds using a teaspoon.
- 13Drop the frozen pods into the sodium alginate solution bowl.
- 14Let the pods sit in the sodium alginate solution for 5 minutes.
- 15Use a slotted spoon to scoop the pods out of the sodium alginate solution and place them into the first cold water bowl.
- 16Let them rinse for one minute in the first water bowl.
- 17Move the pods to the last water bowl.
- 18The Espressi Teenie Cocktail Pods are now ready to be served.
Ingredients
- 5 g sodium alginate
- 1 L distilled water
- 6 g calcium lactate
- 200 g cocktail
- 60 g vodka
- 60 g espresso
- 30 g simple syrup
- 30 g Kahlua
- 20 g Amaretto
Equipment
scalesilicone ice moldglass container with a lidimmersion blenderairtight lidmicrowavebowls of cold waterteaspoonslotted spoonserving spoons
Tips
- Ensure all sodium alginate has disintegrated, with no little white chunks.
- Refrigerate the sodium alginate solution until clear with no bubbles (30 minutes to 24 hours).
- When making the cocktail for the pod, ensure it can freeze by not having too high a ratio of hard liquor.
- Freeze the cocktail mixture in silicone molds for at least 12 hours until completely frozen and hardened.
- Heat the clear sodium alginate solution to 120 degrees.
- Use two bowls of cold water for rinsing after the sodium alginate solution.
- Dropping the frozen pods into the sodium alginate solution is better than placing them with a spoon.
- Let the pods sit in the sodium alginate solution for 5 minutes.
- Rinse the pods for one minute in the first water bowl before moving to the second.
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