Tomato Burrata
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Bring a piece of Ste. Anne’s to your own dinner table with our Tomato Burrata recipe! Featuring a mix of sweet tomato jam, basil oregano oil and creamy burrata, topped with tangy balsamic pearls. Served with fresh salad greens and grilled baguette, it’s a perfect combination of flavours and textures for any occasion.
Tomato Jam | Basil Oregano | Burrata | Balsamic Pearls | Grilled Baguette
Serves 4
- roma tomatoes - 5 pcs
- sherry vinegar - ½ cup
- brown sugar - ½ cup
- veg stock - 2 cups
- arugula - 2 handfulls
- frisée - 1 head
- torn basil - ½ cup
- micro greens - ½ cup
- fresh basil - 1 bunch
- fresh oregano - ½ bunch
- garlic - 1 clove
- fresh spinach - ½ cup
- canola oil - 650 ml
- canola oil - 1 ½ cups
- balsamic vinegar - 1 cup
- white sugar - 2 tbsp
- agar-agar - 1 tsp
- Step 1
Peel tomatoes after ice bath.
- Step 2
Medium dice tomatoes and add to pot on stove over low-medium heat.
- Step 3
Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot and reduce down until stew compote texture.
- Step 1
Warm slightly.
- Step 2
Add herbs with losing colour or texture. You want to just release the oils of the herbs.
- Step 3
Blend and pass through a cheese cloth to catch all impurities.
- Step 1
Pour oil into insert and place in freezer for roughly 1 hour or until cold.
- Step 2
Bring balsamic vinegar and sugar mixture up to a simmer.
- Step 3
Whisk in the agar-agar and bring to low simmer for 3 mins.
- Step 4
Let sit to the side for 20 mins.
- Step 5
Add to squeeze bottle and slowly drip into cold oil.
- Step 6
Strain oil/pearls and rinse gently with cold water and store in a sealable container
- Step 1
Set out four bowls for plating and place the tomato jam in the middle of the bowl.
- Step 2
Nestle burrata into the tomato jam.
- Step 3
In a medium stainless bowl, add the arugula, torn basil, frisée and tomatoes with olive oil and salt and pepper.
- Step 4
Toss and place in bowl in a half moon shape around the burrata ball.
- Step 5
Thinly shave a slice of cucumber with a peeler and roll it into a spiral.
- Step 6
Place it leaning against the side of the burrata.
- Step 7
Scoop three small batches of balsamic pearls with a 1 tsp measuring spoon and scatter around the lettuce and tomato mixture.
- Step 8
Drizzle with basil /oregano oil around the bowl.