Artificial red caviar made from ketchup

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   PRODUCTS NEEDED: water, you can take mineral water without gases or fish broth

2. STEP 2

   

   PREPARATION: An hour before preparing caviar, sunflower oil should be placed in the freezer. Pour a glass of water into a small saucepan or saucepan, add ketchup or tomato paste, mix everything carefully with a spoon so that the ketchup is well dissolved, add a little salt to taste, stir, then add agar-agar, mix everything well.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the contents come to a boil, then remove from heat 5-7 seconds after boiling.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour the mixture from the saucepan into a separate bowl and leave to cool in the room to room temperature.

5. STEP 5

   

   After the liquid has cooled, you need to mix it well, take the resulting mass into a syringe and drop a few drops into a glass with sunflower oil.

6. STEP 6

   

   Since sunflower oil is cold and the caviar liquid is at room temperature, the droplets instantly turn into small balls, settle to the bottom of the glass and exactly imitate caviar, and sunflower oil prevents the eggs from sticking together.

7. STEP 7

   

   As soon as the oil in the glass has reached the edge, you need to strain the finished caviar using gauze or a sieve, and then also work through the rest of the caviar mass.

8. STEP 8

   

   Well, that's all - the caviar is ready! It is no different from the one sold in the store, only store-bought caviar also contains various harmful chemical additives. This caviar can be used to decorate a holiday table - sandwiches, salads, etc. This is how red caviar is made easily and simply. You can make black caviar in the same way, just use soy sauce as a base.