Blood orange mocktail

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  • 4
  • 2 hours 30 minutes
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This beautiful non-alcoholic drink from James Knappett is made with two different pink peppercorn infusions: one is made in a sous vide and the other is foamed up in a cream whipper. The blood orange juice gives it a beautiful deep red colour which contrasts with the pale pink foam.

First published in 2024

Ingredients

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Blood orange cordial

  • 4 blood oranges
  • 150g of cane sugar
  • 9g of citric acid
  • 4.5g of malic acid
  • 5 drops of Ms Better’s Bitters, Miraculous Foamer

Pink peppercorn infusion (in sous vide)

Pink peppercorn infusion (in cream whipper)

Equipment

  • Sous vide equipment
  • iSi whip
  • 2 N2O charges

Method

1

Juice and zest the blood oranges, straining the any solids from the juice

2

Mix together 300ml of blood orange juice with the sugar, citric acid and malic acid

  • 150g of cane sugar
  • 9g of citric acid
  • 4.5g of malic acid
3

Stir until all the solids have dissolved and store in the fridge

4

For the sous vide infusion, coarsely crush the pink peppercorns and coriander seeds in a mortar

5

Pour 400ml of water into the vacuum pack bag along with the crushed pink peppercorns and coriander seeds, Sichuan peppercorns, sugar and blood orange zest

  • 5g of Sichuan peppercorns
  • 400ml of water
  • 40g of cane sugar
  • 10g of blood orange zest, from the oranges above
6

Fully vacuum seal and cook in a water bath for 1 hour at 90°C

7

Strain all the solids and store in the fridge

8

Chill four coupette glasses

9

For the quick infusion, coarsely crush the pink peppercorns and coriander seeds in a mortar

10

Add the Sichuan peppercorns, crushed coriander seeds and crushed pink peppercorns into the ISI Cream Syphon with 300ml water

  • 5g of Sichuan peppercorns
  • 300ml of water
11

Charge with one N2O charge and shake for 1 minute, then let it rest for one minute, and add a second N20 Charge and shake for another minute

12

After that, let it rest for one minute and rapidly depressurise the syphon

13

Strain all the solids and store in the fridge

14

Mix 150ml of the pink peppercorn sous vide infusion with 100ml of pink peppercorn quick infusion

15

Give it a stir and store in the fridge

16

In a shaker mix together 75ml of pink peppercorn mixer, 30ml of blood orange cordial and 5 drops of Ms. Betters Bitters Miraculous Foamer. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupette glass  

  • 5 drops of Ms Better’s Bitters, Miraculous Foamer
First published in 2024

Having learned from the likes of Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein, Thomas Keller and René Redzepi, it's no wonder James Knappett has gone on to become one of the country's most talented chefs. Today, he honours the seasons in ever-changing menus at his two Michelin-starred restaurant Kitchen Table.

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