Finger Food & Dips

Smoked The Original™ Grape Tomato Sorbet with Grape Tomato Basil Salad and Intense Orange Syrup

An intense burst of flavour that teams sweet and spicy vegetarian elements.

Serves: 30
Prep Time: 5 minutes.
Cooking Time: 15 minutes plus 20 minutes' freezing and 1 hour chilling time.

Ingredients

• 3 punnets The Original™ grape tomatoes
• 100ml water
• 440g sugar
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 500ml vegetable juice
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/3 tsp Tabasco sauce
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 200ml fresh orange juice
• Basil leaves to garnish

Cooking Instructions

• Bring 340g sugar and water to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Cool. Transfer to a blender.
• Add 1 punnet grape tomatoes, tomato paste, vegetable juice, paprika, Tabasco and salt. Purée till smooth. Strain through a fine sieve. Discard solids.
• Churn liquid in an ice cream machine for 15-20 minutes or until frozen. Transfer to freezer until needed.
• For orange syrup, place remaining 100g sugar and orange juice in a saucepan and simmer till reduced by half. Strain through a fine sieve and chill for 1 hour.
• From remaining punnets, slice grape tomatoes in half lengthwise and half fill 30 shot glasses. Top with a tsp of sorbet and drizzle with orange syrup. Garnish with basil leaves.