Tomato gazpacho and garden salad
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Colin McGurran's molecular tomato gazpacho recipe may look innocent enough, but don't be fooled: the tomato in the centre of the plate is in fact a set gazpacho 'mousse' dipped in a glossy tomato gel coating. Keeping with classic flavour combinations, Colin pairs the tomato gazpacho with pea purée and a beautifully fresh beetroot and lemon dressing.
First published in 2015
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Ingredients
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Tomato gazpacho
- 500g of plum tomatoes, quatered
- 10g of salt
- 10g of garlic, grated
- 10ml of vegetable oil
- 200g of red pepper
- 10g of tomato purée
- 150ml of tomato juice
- 20g of icing sugar
- 15ml of raspberry vinegar
- 25ml of white wine vinegar
- 200ml of olive oil
- 10g of beetroot, cooked
- 6 gelatine leaves, bloomed
- 30g of egg white powder
Tomato skin gel
- 1000g of tomatoes, chopped
- 30g of vegetable gel
- 1g of agar agar
- 50g of tomato purée
- 1 tbsp of red food colouring, 10 drops
- 1g of sea salt
Beetroot and lemon dressing
- 20g of beetroot, grated
- 100ml of olive oil
- 100ml of lemon juice
- 20g of icing sugar
- 1 pinch of thyme
Olive soil
- 100g of dried olives
- 100g of muscovado sugar
Compressed cucumber
To garnish
- baby radish
- micro basil
- pea shoots
- 1 cucumber, peeled
- fresh peas
- pea flowers
- garden flowers
Nori dressing
- 1 sheet of nori seaweed
- 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 2 tbsp of mirin
- 4 tbsp of rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp of sesame oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp of black sesame seeds
- 4 tbsp of olive oil
- 1 pinch of salt
Pea purée
- 300g of fresh peas
- 50g of baby spinach
- 30g of butter
- 30ml of cream
- 1g of salt
SAVE RECIPE
Equipment
- Muslin cloth
- Vacuum bag and machine
- Vitaprep
- Chinois
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 70°C
2
For the tomato gazpacho, mix all the ingredients, except the egg white powder and gelatine leaves, together on a baking tray. Bake in the oven for 1 and 1/2 hours
- 500g of plum tomatoes, quatered
- 10g of beetroot, cooked
- 10g of salt
- 10g of garlic, grated
- 10ml of vegetable oil
- 200g of red pepper
- 10g of tomato purée
- 150ml of tomato juice
- 20g of icing sugar
- 15ml of raspberry vinegar
- 25ml of white wine vinegar
- 200ml of olive oil
3
Remove from the oven and blend all of the ingredients in a Vitamix for 1 minute. Chill for 24 hours, then pass through a chinois
4
Take 1 litre of the gazpacho mix and bring to the boil
5
Measure out a 200ml portion of the hot gazpacho, add the gelatine and heat gently to dissolve. Allow to cool to about 50°C
- 6 gelatine leaves, bloomed
6
Using a fine sieve, sift the egg powder into the 200ml of gazpacho mix and whisk until dissolved
- 30g of egg white powder
7
Mix both gazpacho mixes together and chill until set
8
Remove the chilled mix from the fridge and, using a kitchenaid, blend until you are left with a mousse consistency. Weigh out 35g portions and wrap each portion in cling film, then hang in the freezer until completely frozen
9
For the tomato skin gel, mix all the ingredients together, bring to the boil then blend in a Vitamix. Wrap in muslin cloth and suspend over a bowl in the fridge
- 1g of sea salt
- 1 tbsp of red food colouring, 10 drops
- 50g of tomato purée
- 1g of agar agar
- 30g of vegetable gel
- 1000g of tomatoes, chopped
10
Unwrap the 35g portions of tomato gazpacho and, using a cocktail stick, dip into the hot tomato skin gel. Repeat this 4 times after each layer has set to create a thick, glossy finish. Remove the cocktail stick and replace with a real tomato stalk. Leave to defrost and keep in fridge for up to 24 hours
11
For the beetroot and lemon dressing, mix all of the ingredients together and keep in vac pac bag. Transfer to a squeezy bottle when ready to serve
- 1 pinch of thyme
- 20g of icing sugar
- 100ml of lemon juice
- 100ml of olive oil
- 20g of beetroot, grated
12
To make the olive soil, blitz both ingredients into a rough powder consistency then store in a container until needed
- 100g of dried olives
- 100g of muscovado sugar
13
For the pea purée, combine all of the ingredients and seal in a vac pac bag. Cook in a steam oven at 100°C for 15 minutes
- 300g of fresh peas
- 50g of baby spinach
- 30g of butter
- 30ml of cream
- 1g of salt
14
Remove the contents and blitz for 1-2 minutes until smooth. Chill and set aside until required
16
For the nori dressing, crumble the nori into a bowl and whisk together with the rest of the ingredients
- 1 sheet of nori seaweed
- 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 2 tbsp of mirin
- 4 tbsp of rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp of sesame oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp of black sesame seeds
- 4 tbsp of olive oil
- 1 pinch of salt
17
For the compressed cucumber, peel and slice the cucumber into 1cm slices and place the slices flat in a vac pac bag with the nori dressing. Just before serving, halve the slices
18
Garnish with a smear of the pea purée, horseradish cream, olive soil, bread crisp, baby radish, micro basil, fresh peas, pea shoots, pea flowers, compressed cucumber and garden leaves. Serve immediately
- garden flowers
- pea flowers
- fresh peas
- 1 cucumber, peeled
- pea shoots
- micro basil
- baby radish
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