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Prep time
1 hour 30 minutes
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Cook time
30 minutes
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Serves
2
Author Notes
This recipe is the combination of two things that I am always happy to eat and of which there simply is never enough!
Everyone knows insalata caprese a.k.a. tomato mozzarella. For me, that's the dish you can put together after a hard day's work and its fresh taste and smooth texture balances out just about anything bad that could have happened at work.
Trifle is another story. I would love to eat trifle more often but well, it's a bit of work. For me, it's quite linked to family gatherings, as one of the specialties of my cousin's South African boyfriend is trifle. And what a trifle!
So here, the idea is to bring these two emotions together and try out what a caprese-falvored salty trifle could look like. Hope you'll enjoy! I sure did!
NOTA: I wrote the recipe with two individual servings in mind. One could do one big trifle but in that case, you'll probably need much more burrata and mozzarella. —marxoign
Ingredients
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1
Burrata di Bufala
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1
Mozzarella di Bufala
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12
Brown olives
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1
Slice of bread
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4
San Marzano Tomatoes (around 1.3 lbs))
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1 bunch
Cherry Tomatoes
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1 bunch
Basil
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1/2 cup
Milk
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2
Sheets of gelatine (~2 tsp)
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Olive oil
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Crema di Balsamico
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2
Nice glass bowls for serving individual portions
Directions
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TOMATO JELLY - STEP 1: Cut San Marzano tomatoes into larger cubes, chop a few basil leaves. Combine in a small pot, season with olive oil, salt, pepper and a splash of lemon juice. Simmer on very low heat until tomatoes release all their juice (around 20 min.) When ready, strain and reserve at room temperature.
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OLIVES: chop the olives into small pieces.
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BURRATA MIX: with a food processor, mix burrata with a pinch of salt, pepper and olive oil into a cream.
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BREAD: Toast a slice of bread and cut it into small cubes.
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TOMATO JELLY - STEP 2: Dip 1 gelatine leaf in very cold water. Meanwhile, separate the tomato sauce into two equal parts*. Pour one in a small pot and reserve the other. Heat up on very low heat (remain well below boiling). When gelatine has softened up, mix it into it with a whisk. Let cool down.
* This layer is the same as the top layer (contrary to my photo which had two kinds of tomato sauces - that just complicates everything). Depending on the shape of your glass container, you may want to split the sauce 50-50 (if your container is straight) or 33-66 (if, like mine, it is narrower on the bottom and larger towards the top). Consequently, gelatine proportions must be adapted too.
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LAYERING - STEP 1: Make sure that every layer is as flat as possible. Also, wait until the tomato jello cooled down to room temperature.
Then:
- Lay 1 tbsp of olives at the bottom of each glass bowl, pour crema di balsamico on them.
- Lay burrata cream on olives.
- Lay pieces of toast on burrata and pour tomato jelly.
- Immediately put in the fridge.
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MOZARELLA CREAM: Cut the mozzarella (keep a little aside) into small pieces and put in a food processor's bowl. Add milk, basil leaves to taste. Season with olive oil, balsamico, salt, pepper. Mix into a smooth cream. Reserve.
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TOMATO SLICES: Carefully cut out slices of cherry tomatoes of the same sizes for the decoration of the top layer. So this means +/- 3 slices from the middle of each tomato. No worries, the leftovers are used in the next step. Reserve.
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TOMATO SALAD: Dice the remainders of the cherry tomatoes and mozarella and season with olive oil, crema di balsamico, salt, pepper. Strain (there should really be no liquid left).
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TOMAT0 JELLY - STEP 3: Do again Tomato jelly - step 2 with rest of tomato sauce.
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LAYERING - STEP 2: Take your bowls out of the fridge.
- lay thin layer of mozzarella cream.
- nicely lay cherry tomato slices on the sides of the dish (see picture)
- lay tomato-mozarella salad in the middle.
- top with remaining mozzarella cream.
- when the jelly is at room temperature, fully cover the mozarella cream with jelly.
- Immediately put in the fridge.
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DECORATION:
- While waiting for the jelly to freeze, roast pine seeds
- When the jelly has set, lay drops of crema di balsamico on the top, add pine seeds. Maybe lay a few basil leaves. You can even make a tomato flower. That's all up to you!
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Enjoy!!!
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