more tomato, used the chunky half of the preserves. heated with a quart of heavy cream and a quart of half and half. it was so thick i added a quart of whole milk too and some vanilla bean. tempered into 12 yolks and 1 1/2 c. sugar. warmed everything slowly on the stove till thicker. then chilled and churned.
even more than the sorbet, this one tastes like fall and pumpkin. then at the very end, it gives you the sweeter acid and garden taste of the tomatoes. the texture is great, it is not too sweet. and this recommended caramel sauce is a good idea.
for the caramel, i just eyeball the sugar and water, more sugar than if it was a simple syrup. cook on low till it gets a near brown, take it off the heat. then stir in some cream and some salted butter. the ny times recipe that i am working off has some of those tomato preserves in the caramel too. but oops! i already used em all...
and i just want you all to think about things when you are playing around with hot sugar. it's like my dad would say about working with electricity: you just have to have a healthy bit of fear about the whole business. getting some of that hot sugar on you will be the worst burn. so watch it!
even more than the sorbet, this one tastes like fall and pumpkin. then at the very end, it gives you the sweeter acid and garden taste of the tomatoes. the texture is great, it is not too sweet. and this recommended caramel sauce is a good idea.
for the caramel, i just eyeball the sugar and water, more sugar than if it was a simple syrup. cook on low till it gets a near brown, take it off the heat. then stir in some cream and some salted butter. the ny times recipe that i am working off has some of those tomato preserves in the caramel too. but oops! i already used em all...
and i just want you all to think about things when you are playing around with hot sugar. it's like my dad would say about working with electricity: you just have to have a healthy bit of fear about the whole business. getting some of that hot sugar on you will be the worst burn. so watch it!
Sierra,
ReplyDeleteI loved hearing about where you get your jump to it and make it work quality from with the dad memory. I would like even more is to hear the story about your burns because I know I have heard dad's zap stories and rolled out of laughter.