Description
A tropical blend of mango and pineapple lemonade slushy with lychee and pomegranate popping pearls. A Disneyland-inspired treat from the “Get Your Ears On” celebration.
Ingredients
Scale
For the slushy:
- 3 cups mango lemonade, divided
- 1 cup pineapple juice, divided
For the popping pearls:
- Popping Pearls/Bursting Boba (like these)
OR
- 500 mL distilled water (has to be distilled, cannot use tap or filtered water)
- 5 g Sphere Magic
- 100 g pomegranate syrup
- 100 g lychee syrup
- 4 g calcium lactate gluconate, divided
Pineapple wedge for garnish
Specialty Tools:
- scale that weighs down to 0.1 grams
- slotted spoons
- small sphere ice mold
Instructions
For the slushy:
- First pour 2 cups of the mango lemonade and 1/2 cup of the pineapple juice into a gallon sized freezer bag. Lay flat and freeze at least 6 hours until solid.
- When frozen, use a rolling pin to break up into smaller frozen chunks. Add to a blender or food processor. Pour in remaining mango lemonade and pineapple juice. Blend to desired consistency. Set aside.
For the popping pearls:
- If you are making the pearls using the reverse spherification method, follow all the directions for that on the ChefSteps site below.Otherwise proceed to next step.
Assembly:
- Add some popping pearls to the bottom of two pint glasses.
- Pour pineapple mango lemonade between two pint glasses.
- Top with more popping pearls and garnish with a pineapple slice. Enjoy with a wide straw!
Notes
- Distilled water is necessary here, as regular tap water will congeal when introduced to the Sphere Magic powder.
- Let the spherification bath sit at least a few hours for the Sphere Magic to get absorbed and for all the air bubbles to disappear.
- Swirling the spherification bath immediately after dispersing the calcium lactate gluconate infused syrups will prevent the sphere from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- I prefer a food processor to blend my frozen drinks now. Pulsing will make the ice fluffier and more of a “slushy” consistency than a standard blender.
- Regular sized straws will be too narrow to suck up popping pearls. Use a wide straw or boba straw.