Cocktail Caviar Margarita
A Margarita accompanied by spherified lime "caviar" — tiny lime-agave spheres that burst on the palate and release the cocktail's sourness one bead at a time. Molecular gastronomy meets Baja.
Served in a coupe glass · Garnish: Lime caviar spheres, smoked salt rim · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Tequila Blanco
- 0.75 oz Cointreau
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.25 oz Agave Nectar
- 0.5 g Sodium Alginate (for spherification)
- 2 g Calcium Chloride (setting bath)
Instructions
- For caviar: blend 0.5g sodium alginate into 100ml lime juice; rest 30 min to degas.
- Prepare a calcium chloride bath (2g per 500ml cold water).
- Drop the lime-alginate mixture into the bath using a dropper or squeeze bottle.
- Spheres set in 60 seconds; rinse in cold water.
- Shake margarita ingredients and strain into a smoked-salt-rimmed coupe.
- Float a spoonful of lime caviar on the surface.