Bar Contra, the much-anticipated and most up-to-date NYC providing from Dave Arnold, opened in 2024. Bar supervisor Theo Ouya makes use of Arnold’s intensive technical experience and expertise for every of the bar’s cocktails, together with this shaken non-alcoholic concoction. As with all recipes within the Arnold realm, this isn’t for the faint of coronary heart, from a preparation standpoint, and requires the everyday forged of esoteric components and tools. Even for those who don’t find yourself making an attempt to sort out it at house, this recipe highlights the sheer effort and a focus to element Ouya, Arnold, and group have utilized to each cocktail on the bar’s menu — whether or not they comprise alcohol or not.
Elements
2 ounces contemporary grapefruit juice
27.3 grams Cream Syrup*
¾ ounce Poly-D**
¾ ounce Metho-Good***
½ ounce Glacid****
½ ounce Orris Root Tincture*****
10 drops Wormwood Tincture******
2 drops succinic acid resolution*******
Instructions
Mix all components in a shaker, add ice, and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
Pressure into a calming cocktail coupe.
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*Cream Syrup Elements
250 grams 36% heavy cream
250 grams white cane sugar
7 ½ grams citric acid resolution (85 grams water and 15 grams citric acid powder)
*Cream Syrup Instructions
Mix heavy cream and sugar in a big bowl and stir with a silicone spatula till utterly dissolved.
Stir in citric acid resolution.
Use instantly or switch to an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
**Poly-D
Elements
200 grams water
200 grams polydextrose powder
Instructions
In a blender, add water then polydextrose powder and mix on excessive for one minute, till energy is totally dissolved.
Use instantly or switch to an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
***Metho-Goop
Elements
200 grams water
100 grams ice
6 grams Methocel F-50
3 grams white gum arabic
0.6 grams xanthan gum
Instructions
In a blender, mix water, gum Arabic, and xanthan gum, and mix on medium till utterly dissolved.
Add ice and mix till easy.
Utilizing rubber-gloved palms, incorporate Methocel, breaking apart the clumps into small chunks.
Switch resolution to an hermetic container and depart within the fridge in a single day.
Stir combination to interrupt up any remaining chunks.
Use instantly or switch to an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
****Glacid
Elements
298 grams water
252 grams meals grade vegetable glycerin
17 grams lactic acid resolution (88% powder resolution in water)
15 grams tartaric acid powder
Instructions
In a big bowl, mix all components and whisk till dissolved.
Use instantly or switch to an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
*****Orris Root Tincture
Elements
200 grams boiling water
3 grams orris root
Instructions
In a sealable, heat-resistant container, mix components.
Switch to the fridge to sit back utterly.
Pressure combination by way of a positive mesh strainer.
Use instantly or switch to an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
******Wormwood Tincture
Elements
200 grams boiling water
3 grams wormwood
Instructions
In a sealable, heat-resistant container, mix components.
Switch to the fridge to sit back utterly.
Pressure combination by way of a positive mesh strainer.
Use instantly or switch to an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
*******Succinic Acid Resolution
Elements
98 grams scorching water
8 grams Succinic acid powder
Instructions
In a bowl, mix components and stir till dissolved.
Use instantly or retailer in a cool dry place for as much as one week.