X-Rated Skyy combines two very different styles of drink making: tiki and molecular mixology. It is made with Skyy vodka, X-Rated Fusion liqueur, and lychee, topped with pineapple-mango foam, and served with Campari pearls on the side. The recipe involves making foam and caviar; please click the links above for additional details.
X-Rated Skyy
Ingredients
- 1 oz Skyy vodka
- 1/2 oz X-Rated Fusion liqueur
- 1 1/2 oz lychee juice
- mango - pineapple foam
- Campari pearls
Mango-Pineapple Foam
- 7 oz pineapple juice
- 7 oz mango juice
- 5 gr Xanthan gum
Campari Pearls
- 1 oz Campari
- 2 oz peach schnapps
- 10 oz fresh Mellon juice - honeydew
- 1/2 oz agave syrup
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 2 gr Sodium Alginate
- 2.5 gr Calcium Chloride
- 500 ml water
Instructions
Shake vodka, x-rated, and lychee with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top with foam and serve the pearls in a small Chinese spoon on the side.
Foam:
Dissolve the Xanthan gum in the juice using an immersion blender. Strain the mixture and leave it in the fridge for a few hours to eliminate the air incorporated. Pour into an iSi canister type and charge with one N2O cartridge for a 0.5L canister. Shake it a few times and put it in the fridge.
Campari pearls:
Mix half of the liquid, except the alcohol, with the SA using an immersion blender. Once the SA is dissolved, add the rest, including the Campari and the peach schnapps. Blend again, trying not to incorporate too much air. Fine strain and leave it in the fridge for a few hours to reduce the amount of air in the mix.
Prepare Calcium Chloride Bath
Dissolve 2.5 g of calcium chloride into 500 mL of cold water in another vessel.
Use a catheter syringe with a broader tip opening or a squeegee bottle. Drop by drop, squeeze the liquid gently over the bath from about a distance of about 1 1/2". That is the cheapest way to do it; other than that, there are different tools on the market to create proper spheres.
Use a slotted spoon to remove the caviar from the Calcium Chloride bath and rinse it into another vessel filled with cold, clean water. Strain and store it in the fridge. The liquid inside the spheres starts to jellify slowly in about 20-30 minutes.
Notes
Be careful with the pressure canister. Follow the manufacturer's instructions.
