Serve this to your guests as an appetizer and you are guaranteed to get your hands dirty. It looks very simple (that was the biggest challenge) but is packed with delicious flavors. Plus, it's easy to make! Of course it takes some time but you want to impress your guests so that can take a bit of effort.

Speaking of which, if you don't have the time, you can skip the tomato gel. It's really tasty, but you start a day in advance and you just have to have that time.

tomato party

5.0 from 1 vote

Course: appetizerCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Average

Portions

persons

Waiting time

hours

Preparation time (indication)

hour

Tools:
– Juicer
– Squeeze bottle
– Pipette
– Piping bag

Ingredients

500 gr Cherry tomatoes
1 shoot White wine vinegar
1 tub fresh basil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
agar agar
2 el soft goat cheese (Chavroux), at room temperature
10 (safari) cherry tomatoes
A few young basil leaves or basil cress
Balsamic (the best you have, I used this of 12 years old)
Coarse sea salt

Preparation

Tomato gel (1 day in advance)
Place the cherry tomatoes in the juicer and remove the foam.
Crush the basil leaves and add to the tomato juice along with the garlic.
Pour a dash (about 1 tsp) white wine vinegar into the juice and add a pinch of salt.
Stir this through, cover with cling film and let it soak in the fridge overnight.
The next day: strain the juice and bring to a gentle boil.
Add the agar to the mixture (1gr per 100ml) and let it boil for a few minutes.
Pour out onto a tray and let it cool and set in the fridge (half an hour is enough).
The mixture is now a jelly, push through a sieve and put in a squeeze bottle.
Salad
Bring a pan of water to the boil and have a bowl of ice cold water ready.
Cut the bottom of the tomatoes very carefully and crosswise as superficially as possible.
Cook the tomatoes until the skin begins to loosen slightly.
Remove the tomatoes from the pan and place in ice cold water.
Carefully peel the skin off the tomatoes (starting from the crosses) and set aside.
Mix two tablespoons of goat cheese with a pinch of salt and a drizzle of olive oil until completely smooth, then place in a piping bag and set aside.
Pour a dash of balsamic vinegar into a small bowl and set aside.
The last step before formatting: lay the tomatoes on their side and very carefully cut off the cap (not the side of the crown).
layout
Place a large dollop of goat cheese in the center of the plate.
Place 5 tomatoes per plate against this.
Place small dots of goat cheese between the tomatoes on the side.
Do the same with the tomato gel.
Use the pipette to very carefully fill the tomatoes with balsamic vinegar.
Sprinkle a few grains of salt over the tomatoes.
Insert the young basil leaves between the tomatoes.
Drizzle with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil.
Buon appetito!