Verrine of two tomatoes and basil whipped cream
A verrine is a luscious French starter, layered in a clear glass to show its gorgeous textures and colours. This one uses intense sun dried tomatoes, fresh tomatoes and a basil-infused whipped cream.
Ingredients
Makes: 4 verrines
- 200ml whipping cream
- 30 large basil leaves
- 3 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 20g sun dried tomatoes, sliced
- extra basil leaves, for garnish
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:2hr chilling ›
Ready in:2hr20min
- Warm the cream with the large basil leaves over low heat for about 10 minutes. Chill the basil cream for 2 hours.
- To serve, layer the tomato pieces into 4 clear glasses, then top with the sun dried tomato pieces, reserving four pieces to garnish.
- Remove the basil leaves from the chilled cream, and whip the cream until soft peaks form. Layer the whipped cream into the glasses with the tomatoes. Garnish each glass with a fresh basil leaf and a sliver of sun dried tomato. Serve immediately.
Tip
You can use a soda siphon to whip the basil cream. Pour the infused cream into the soda siphon, and chill the siphon on its side in the refrigerator for 2 hours. When ready to serve, siphon the basil cream over the tomatoes in the glasses.
Make ahead
This is a perfect dinner party starter, as you can make all of the recipe components ahead of time, and then assemble at the last minute!
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Reviews & ratings
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Simple and very impressive. Made it three times now and been well received each time. A shortcut is to add pesto to the cream if you ned to make it quickly. Loses a bit of subtlety but still works well - 02 Aug 2013
Very simple but effective. I added ready made pesto as a layer when no sundried tomatoes available. Will make again!!! - 07 Mar 2016