Lemon Mirror Glaze

Name: Lemon Mirror Glaze
Yield: 1 cup (240 ml)
Ingredients: ¼ cup (60 ml) cold water; ½ cup (120 ml) strained lemon juice; 1 tablespoon (9 g) unflavored gelatin powder; ¼ cup (60 ml) simple syrup; ¼ teaspoon (1.25 ml) Tartaric Acid Solution

Preparation info

1 cup

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 2003

About

Ingredients

1 tablespoon (9 g) unflavored gelatin powder
¼ cup (60

Garnish

Method

Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water and let sit until softened. Place the gelatin mixture over a bain-marie and heat until dissolved. Do not overheat.
Stir the lemon juice, simple syrup, and tartaric acid solution into the gelatin mixture.
Use the glaze on the cakes as soon as it shows signs of thickening. If the glaze becomes too thick to pour i