Vanilla panna cotta with tomato and passion fruit syrup

Name: Vanilla panna cotta with tomato and passion fruit syrup
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 45 g caster sugar; 100 g caster sugar; 3 plum tomatoes; 4 passion fruit, halved; splash of cherry brandy; tiny mint sprigs; 2 large (or 372 small) sheets of leaf gelatine; ½ vanilla pod, split lengthways; 110 ml milk; 260 ml double cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

About

AS TOMATOES ARE FRUIT, IT SEEMS NATURAL TO ME TO USE THEM IN A DESSERT. PAIRING A CREAMY PANNA COTTA WITH A SYRUP MADE FROM PLUM TOMATOES AND TART PASSION FRUIT WORKS BRILLIANTLY.

Ingredients

Panna Cotta:

2 large (or 372 small) sheets of leaf gelatine
260 ml double cream

Dessert
ice cream
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Soak the leaf gelatine in cold water to cover until softened. Set aside.
Pour the cream and milk into a heavy-based saucepan. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod and add them to the pan with the empty pod and the sugar. Slowly bring to the boil, then remove from the heat and discard the vanilla pod. Squeeze the softened gelatine to remove the excess water, th