I actually made a 4 course dinner based on the theme of this week and invited some friends over to taste this weeks theme, they are hoping I will do this every week hehe ! My creation for this weeks theme of Tomatoes and my entry for the first week of #steemit-ironchef is Caramelized Tomato sauce with Mascarpone Mousse, a dish I created for this first week of Steemit Iron Chef 2017.
Picture of my plated dessert
Since the dish was created in my head for this challenge, this is my first time making it and seeing if my thoughts would be matched by the end dish... to elevate it further next time I would add a mintleave and maybe a few edible flowers for decor... the combination of tastes worked really well, my friends loved the dessert and found it quite unique and interesting the soft velvety Mascarpone Mousse got elevated and refreshed by the thick caramelly sauce with the sour notes from the tomatoes and the lemon, but with an underlying taste of sweet roasted tomato and vanilla... I am happy and proud to say that the dessert lived up to what I had imagined.
picture of some of the ingredients
Ingredients for the Caramelized Tomato Sauce
vanilla pod
sugar
peeled tomatoes ( stalk cocktail tomatoes)
freshly squeezed lemon juice
I let the ingredients simmer til thick then I sieve them to get rid of seeds and chunks...
pic of the simmering...
Ingredients for simple Mascarpone Mousse
Mascarpone cream cheese
Vanilla pod
Vanilla sugar
sugar
whipped double cream
and I forgot to take the pic with the note when I took my first plated pics ... luckily my daughter only tasted hers so I could make a pic of her plate with the note
The full 4 course dinner
Deconstructed Tricolore salat
you can see how I did this here @globaldoodlegems/deconstructed-tricolore-salad
Gazpacho Soup
you can see my full steps post on this dish here @globaldoodlegems/my-gazpacho-soup
Smokey Tomato sauce with smoked Bacon and Cheese Ravioli
You can see how I made this dish here @globaldoodlegems/smokey-tomato-sauce-with-smoked-bacon-and-cheese-ravioli
and the final dish the dessert that is my entry to the very first week of #steemit-ironchef
Caramelized Tomato sauce with Mascarpone Mousse
I want to thank @progressivechef for making this awesome challenge, I look forward to the weeks to come !