Recipe courtesy of Teresa Shurilla
Zombie Eyeball Punch
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- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 4 hr 20 min (includes chilling and freezing times)
- Active: 1 hr 10 min
- Yield: about 2 1/4 cups punch, plus 30 eyeballs
- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 4 hr 20 min (includes chilling and freezing times)
- Active: 1 hr 10 min
- Yield: about 2 1/4 cups punch, plus 30 eyeballs
Ingredients
Alginate Solution:
Directions
- In a saucepan, bring the cream, sugar and lemon extract to a simmer. Slowly sprinkle the calcium lactate into the pan and mix with a hand blender. Chill.
- Meanwhile prepare the molds (I use a small flexi-mold, but any mold that is able to be flexible will do) with a dot of melted chocolate to resemble a pupil, and place in the refrigerator to set. Then brush the blue cocoa butter to resemble the iris, and pipe in the jelly to resemble bloody veins.
- Once the cream mixture is cold, whip to a soft peak using a hand mixer. Pipe into the prepared molds and freeze until set.
- Unmold the eyeballs and leave them soaking in the Alginate Solution for about 2 minutes. Then rinse with cold water and store in the fridge until you are ready to serve.
- Place the eyeballs in a dish (2 each is appropriately scary) and top with the lime soda. I find that a clear soda without color gives the eyeballs a better look and flavor.
Alginate Solution:
- Sprinkle the sodium alginate into the water and, using a hand blender, mix the solution until there is no more visible powder left. This takes a couple of minutes. Chill the solution until you are ready to use it.
