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The ultimate tomato-mozzarella (traditional method & Thermomix)
Description
All my life, I've had an enormous - I'd go so far as to say inordinate - weakness for tomatoes. They are to me what bread is to others: an essential, an obvious, a summer and winter love.
Of course, I never say no to a tomato-mozzarella... but this one? This one is my Holy Grail.
Melt-in-the-mouth burrata, colourful heirloom tomatoes, crunchy pine nuts, and above all - above all! - a basil and garlic vinaigrette that makes the whole dish sing.
Give it a try and let me know if you fall in love too.
A quick reminder: never put your tomatoes in the fridge! They will lose their texture and, above all, their taste.
Ingredients
Instructions
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TRADITIONAL METHOD
Preparation - traditional method
1. Prepare the vinaigrette
Blend the garlic and basil leaves in a blender. Then add the sugar, salt, pepper, white balsamic and olive oil. Blend until the sauce is smooth and fragrant.
2. Roast the cherry tomatoes
Arrange the whole cherry tomatoes on a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
➤ Grill for 5 to 8 minutes at 200°C over a fan.
3. Roast the pine nuts
Heat a dry frying pan without fat and fry the pine nuts until lightly coloured. Put to one side.
4. Prepare the tomatoes
Cut the heirloom tomatoes into medium-thick slices (using a mandolin if possible) or into quarters to vary the texture.
5. Dresser
Arrange the tomato slices on a large platter. Place the burrata in the centre. Sprinkle with the roasted pine nuts, salt, pepper and basil leaves.
Drizzle generously with homemade vinaigrette.
➤ The vinaigrette can be kept for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.
THERMOMIX® METHOD
Thermomix variant
1. Vinaigrette with Thermomix
Place the garlic and basil leaves in the bowl.
➤ Mix for 10 sec / speed 8.
Scrape down the sides and add sugar, salt, pepper, white balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
➤ Mix for 15 sec / speed 6.
2. Roasting, roasting, cutting, dressing
➤ Proceed as for the traditional method.
