Smoked Grape Tomato Sorbet

Ingredients

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

Method

1. Bring 340g sugar and water to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Cool. Transfer to a blender.
2. Add 1 punnet grape tomatoes, tomato paste, vegetable juice, paprika, Tabasco and salt. Purée till smooth. Strain through a fine sieve. Discard solids.
3. Churn liquid in an ice cream machine for 15-20 minutes or until frozen. Transfer to freezer until needed.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Serve shot glasses with a cocktail fork or spoon.