INFUSED OLIVE OIL CANDY
Today we are doing an olive oil candy, a dish created by Chef Jose Andres from Spain. Of course you could use a simple olive oil, but why not infusing it and today I chose, black garlic, black cardamom and tonka bean.
Equipment
- 1 Small Hexclad pot
- 1 Lēvo machine
- 1 Silpat
- 1 2 inch ring cutter
- 1 Small squeeze bottle
- 1 Candy thermometer
Ingredients
infused olive oil
- 1 cup Extra virgin Olive oil (250 ml)
- 1 pc Tonka bean
- 2 pcs Black cardamom pods
- 6 cloves Black garlic
Candy sugar shell
- 1 cup Isomalt (200 gr)
- 5 tbsp Water (75 ml)
Instructions
Infused olive oil
- Gather your ingredients.
- Place the spices in your Lēvo herb pod.
- Close it and place it in your Lēvo infuser machine.
- Press the Activate button and let it run a cycle.
- Once activated, add the magnet spinner in your machine and add the olive oil to the drum cylinder.
- Close the top and start the infusion cycle at 165F for 3 hours.
- Once processed, place a jar under the spout and extract the olive oil.
- Place in the fridge to cool.
Candy sugar shell
- Get your isomalt and water into a pot.
- Make sure you have a thermometer handy and cook this on medium low until it reaches 330F (165C).
- Remove from the heat and set aside to cool until it reaches 285F (140C).
Assembling
- Place your infused olive oil into a squeeze bottle and lay out a silicone mat or silpat.
- Grab a round metal cutter, brush some oil on the inside of the ring cutter.
- Then dip it into the pot and gently pull up so that there is a clear, thin layer of the isomalt across the base.
- Immediately take your squeeze bottle and pour some olive oil into the mold.
- The isomalt will encapsulate the olive oil and drop onto your silicone mat.
- To get the long tail effect, let the isomalt drag down and slowly pull your hand up giving it time to cool in place
- Please not that the sugar will cool down quickly so you may have to reheat it until it reaches 285F again.
- That's about it, you've just mastered a molecular cooking recipe.
- Bon appétit!
