Heirloom Tomatoes

Our heirloom tomatoes are grown by our great friends The Curious Croppers in Clevedon.

Our heirloom tomatoes are grown by our great friends The Curious Croppers in Clevedon. The burrata is made by Max at Il Casaro cheese in the North Shore. Together these two ingredients combine to make the perfect summer starter.

Ingredients

Tomato consomme 

5kg tomato, chopped
1 large red onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
100g basil
1 fennel bulb, sliced
1 celery head, chopped
Chardonnay vinegar
Salt + pepper
Sugar
Lemon juice

 

Basil oil                                                         

250G Blanched Basil
500ml  Grapeseed oil

Elderflower dressing

50g Sweet mustard
200ml  Elderflower vinegar
70g  Elderflower syrup
400ml Olive oil
Pinch of Xanthan gum
Blend everything with Hand blender


Courgettes    

4 courgettes

  

Tomato jelly  

1ltr Tomato consomme
12  Gelatine leaf

Directions

Tomato consomme 

  1.  Marinate all ingredients overnight
  2.  Blend everything into a puree and strain overnight through chux cloths


Basil oil
                                                         

  1. Blend basil with oil on high speed until  oil turns green (about 8 min)
  2. 2.Strain through a fat filter.
  3. Chill
  4. Fill  a small squeeze bottle  and reserve


Elderflower dressing

Blend everything with Hand blender


Courgettes    

Slice courgettes on a mandoline into 2 mm disks

 

Tomato jelly  

  1. Soak gelatine leafs in cold water until soft
  2. Squeeze excess water out
  3.  Warm up 300ml of consomme
  4. Add soft gelatine to warm consomme
  5. Stir to dissolve
  6. Add gelatine mixture to remaining consomme and whisk well.
  7. Pour 200ml of mix into 1ltr container and set in the fridge
  8. Once jelly is set cut into 1 cm cubes with small knife

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