Reverse Spherification - Cape Crystal Brands

This tasty and artistic food recipe requires the use of Sodium Alginate and Calcium Lactate Gluconate. Calcium Lactate Gluconate it is ideal to increase the calcium content of the main ingredient in the reverse spherification process. But a second ingredient, Xanthan Gum, which is a thickener is often also used when the main ingredient density is too liquid to form spheres in the alginate bath.

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