“U pani cunzatu”- seasoned bread reimagined
Ingredients
Crisp bread wafers
- 500 g “00” flour
- 200 ml water
- 40 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 15 g salt
Ricotta foam
- 300 g cow's milk ricotta
- 150 g salted ricotta
- 200 ml cream
- 100 ml milk
- 1 sheet of fish glue or isinglass
Tomato confit cream
- 2 kg datterino tomatoes
- 2 unpeeled garlic cloves
- 10-15 basil leaves chopped
- 10 g salt
- 20 g icing sugar
- Extra virgin olive oil
Green olive cream and powder
- 1 kg pitted green olives
- Xanthan gum
Basil cream
- 1 large sprig basil
- Xanthan gum
- Water
- Salt
Instructions
Crisp bread wafers
- Put all the ingredients in a planetary mixer with a dough hook and mix to a smooth dough.
- Put the dough in a vacuum bag and let it stand for about ten minutes.
- Roll the dough very thinly and cut into serving dish sized rounds.
- Place on a silpat sheet between two oven trays with a weight on top to keep the wafers flat and even.
- Bake at 180 °C for 13-15 minutes.
Ricotta foam
- Use a thermomix at 60 °C, to blend both of the ricotta. Add the cream and milk a little at a time to make a smooth compact mixture.
- Add isinglass, mix well and pass through a fine strainer. Put into a siphon loaded with cartridges.
Tomato confit cream
- Wash and halve the tomatoes. Place in a bowl and season with garlic, basil, garlic, basil, salt to taste, icing sugar and olive oil to moisten.
- Place on a baking tray over a silpat and bake at 85 °C for about 6-7 hours.
- When the tomatoes have collapsed, blend tomatoes to a cream consistency.
Green olive cream and powder
- Use the same ingredient for the preparation of both the powder and cream.
- Powder: Blanch half of the olives in hot water to remove as much oil as possible. Bake at 80 °C for at least one night.
- When dry put in a blender and process to a powder.
- Cream: Blanch the remaining olives as above, put in a blender and process to a puree.
- Add xanthan gum and sieve.
Basil cream
- Blanch the basil in hot water for a few seconds and then put into iced water to the cooking and to retain its bright colour.
- Gently squeeze the leaves and put in a blender with a little water and xanthan gum and process to a coulis.
- Add salt to taste and pass through a fine sieve.
Crisp bread crumbs
- Cut bread slices into 8-10 mm cubes. Blend anchovy with olive oil in a bowl.
- Add bread cubes and toss lightly. Put into a pan over moderate heat tossing until crisp and golden.
- When cold, crush into large crumbs.
Candied tomato slices
- Halve the tomatoes, arrange on a silpat and sprinkle with icing sugar. Bake at 70 °C until crisp.
To finish
- Mix together the anchovy, half of the capers and enough milk ricotta to make a soft cream.
- Put into a pastry bag. Fry remaining capers in a little olive oil until crisp.
- In a large bowl plates arrange the confit tomatoes, ricotta foam, ricotta cream, basil cream, olive cream, bread crumbs and candied tomato, keeping a little of each for the garnish.
- Place a wafer on top and garnish with a piped spiral tomato cream centerpiece surrounded by a little of all the components.