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“U pani cunzatu”- seasoned bread reimagined

Servings 4

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.

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