How to make olive oil spherifications?
Christmas is coming and entertaining family or friends becomes one of our priorities. A task that we love to carry out! And on these important dates the kitchen is one of the great protagonists.
Seafood, baked kid, cannelloni, cakes, fish soups… There are traditional recipes that never fail.
However, in this post we want you to surprise your guests. Therefore, we will explain How to make olive oil spherifications at home. An EVOO caviar or pearls that will bring flavor and decoration to your dishes. Do you want to know more? Keep reading.
Extra virgin olive oil spherifications: cutting-edge kitchen at home
Yeah, yeah, you’re gonna be a masterchef. The spherifications of extra virgin olive oil or EVOO caviar They are gourmet pearls that explode in the mouth. A feeling for the palate!
In fact, the EVOO spherifications are Ideal for all kinds of cold dishes With meat or fish (tartars, cold cuts, smoked, ceviches…), salads or even desserts.
But before discovering our recipes with EVOO caviar, we tell you how to make spherifications of extra virgin olive oil:
Olive Oil Spherifications Recipe: Step by Step
How to make olive oil spherifications? We’ll tell you right now!
Mix
- Empeltre Beloleum Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 160ml.
- Sodium alginate. We will use 5 grams per liter of extra virgin olive oil.
- Container with mineral water
Step by step of oil spherifications
To make this type of dish, it is necessary to have sodium alginate. To do this, we will need to buy the agar-agar alga. It is an alternative to using animal jellies, since in addition to satisfying all kinds of guests (it is vegan friendly); It will not alter the flavor or the properties of EVOO.
That being said, let’s start cooking!
- First of all, Choose your EVOO. We recommend this Aragon Empeltre Oil. Then put it -at least- 2 hours in the fridge.
- Once your oil is cold, pour it into a pan next to the algae. Remove it until it starts to boil. Wait 2-3 minutes and remove it from the heat. And the time has come to create!
- Use a syringe without a needle and sucks the EVOO with the agar-agar.
- Pour water into a container or deep glass.
- In the container pour the water very cold EVOO. In this way, the drops that we throw from the syringe will solidify; becoming small spherifications of EVOO.
- Pick them up with a small spoon or frother.
- Ready! You already have your olive oil spherifications to decorate your dishes.
Surprise your guests with these dishes with “Caviar de Aove”
Do you want to succeed this Christmas? Here is a series of Recipes where EVOO spherifications will marry in a perfect way. Let’s take advantage!
- Chocolate bonbons with spherified EVOO: Did you know that the chocolate and extra virgin olive oil pairing is delicious? So now you know, delight your guests with these chocolates.
- Bread with tomato and ham with olive oil spherifications: Indeed, the famous “Tumaca Pan” modernized. A cover you will love. Another trick? Combine your olive oil spherifications with salt crystals, the result will be unbeatable!
- Pink hummus and EVOO spherifications: Indeed, our Pink hummus with beets, chickpeas and EVOO beloleum Spherified will cause sensation! Take advantage and surprise with this readaptation of one of the Lebanese dishes par excellence.
- Caprese salad, garnished with spherifications of EVOO and basil: We can’t think of a better idea for your tomato and mozzarella salad. Add some basil oil spherifications! It will be exquisite.
- Salmon canapés, tartar sauce and olive oil caviar: To conclude, let’s replace the animal caviar (sturgeon or trout roe, for cheaper pockets) in this sofa with the EVOO caviar. Another option is to combine both caviars, you choose!
And if you are looking for a quality EVOO, with which to make your extra virgin olive oil spherifications, in Beloleum We propose our Pack Beloleum 3 varieties, ideal to continue experimenting!
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