VODKA DICE & GAZPACHO

Difficulty

3/5

Prep time

10 min

Total time

1 hour 10 min

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

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Used technique:

GELIFICATION

1 cup (250 ml)

vodka

1 tbs

(15 ml)

white sugar

green onion

1 sachet

(2 g)

AGAR-AGAR

2 cups

(500 ml)

tomato juice

blanched tomatoes

cucumber

roasted red bell pepper

white onion

garlic clove

3/4 cup

(190 ml)

watermelon

1 tbs

(15 ml)

balsamic vinegar

1 tbs

(15 ml)

olive oil

to taste

salt and pepper

Gazpacho

1. Peel and seed tomatoes and cucumber. Dice tomatoes and cut cucumber into a brunoise. Peel and dice pepper, dice onion and finely chop garlic. Seed watermelon and cut it into a brunoise as well. Reserve 2 tbs brunoised cucumber and 1 tbs brunoised watermelon for garnish.

2. Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth and homogenous. Refrigerate for 1 hour. (Make vodka dice while you wait.)

Vodka Dice

3. Finely chop green onion. In a pot, bring vodka and sugar to a boil with 1 sachet Agar-agar, then remove from heat immediately. Stir in green onion and pour into a rectangular plastic container. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Unmold and cut into a very small dice.