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Tomato gazpacho, frozen olive oil and yellow-pepper sorbet with olives and herbs

February 15, 2016 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Tomato gazpacho is a well-known, simple classic. Tomato gazpacho, frozen olive oil and yellow-pepper sorbet with olives and herbs is a sophisticated update that’s just bursting with flavours. Perfect for an elegant dinner or for when you’d like to impress your guests.

Recipe by Richard Carstens

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Tomato gazpacho, frozen olive oil and yellow-pepper sorbet with olives and herbs

Serves: 4

Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

Tomato gazpacho
1kg beefsteak tomatoes
10 fresh basil leaves
60ml (¼ cup) sherry vinegar
45ml (3 tbsp) olive oil
1 medium red pepper, seeded and chopped
1 small cucumber, chopped
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
1 garlic clove, peeled and chopped
15ml (1 tbsp) tomato paste
Stock syrup
150ml water
150g sugar
Yellow-pepper sorbet
500g yellow peppers, seeded and chopped
10ml (2 tsp) olive oil
20ml (4 tsp) rice wine vinegar
125ml (½ cup) stock syrup
15ml (1 tbsp) liquid glucose
To serve
200ml olive oil, placed in a small container in the freezer until frozen
fresh basil
fresh parsley
8 Kalamata olives, pitted and chopped

Instructions

For the gazpacho, combine all of the ingredients in bowl and set aside to macerate, 1 hour. Blend until smooth and strain through a sieve.

For the syrup, combine all of the ingredients in a pot over medium heat and cook until the sugar has dissolved.

For the sorbet, sauté the peppers in the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat until soft. Deglaze with the vinegar and cook until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Add the stock syrup and glucose and stir to combine. Remove from heat and blend before straining through a chinois (conical sieve) or fine mesh strainer. Churn in a sorbetière according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Place in the freezer until frozen completely. If you do not have a sorbetière, place in a freezer-proof container in the freezer. Just before frozen, but still liquid, beat with electric beaters until smooth. Return to the freezer until frozen completely.

To assemble the dish, scoop out balls of the frozen olive oil using a melon baller. Pour the soup into bowls and add a scoop of sorbet and some frozen olive oil balls. Garnish with fresh herbs and a sprinkling of olives.