British heirloom tomato salmorejo with coconut

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Salmorejo is a Spanish chilled tomato and bread soup, like a very thick gazpacho. Here, Caroline Martins serves it with pickled coconut and vivid green lovage oil, for a colourful light supper or lunch.

First published in 2024

Ingredients

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Pickled coconut

Salmorejo

Lovage oil

Garnishes

Method

1

Bring the apple cider vinegar, sugar, and salt to a boil. Remove from the heat and transfer to a heat proof container

  • 100ml of apple cider vinegar
  • 100g of caster sugar
  • 10g of salt
2

Add the coconut and then refrigerate for 5 hours

3

Meanwhile, blend all the salmorejo ingredients and blitz until smooth

4

Chill in the fridge until needed

5

Blanch the lovage in boiling water then refresh it in cold water. Squeeze out any excess water

6

Blitz the lovage with vegetable oil until the mixture is heated and acquires a bright green colour

  • 100g of vegetable oil
7

Pass the oil through muslin cloth, discarding the solids, and refrigerate until ready to serve

8

Serve the salmorejo in a bowl, top with a few dots of lovage oil, and then garnish with the chopped tomatoes and radishes

First published in 2024

Leaving behind a career in plasma physics in the US to chase her dream of becoming a chef, Caroline Martins has gone on to make a name for herself here in the UK thanks to her refined modern Brazilian cookery. She’s currently wowing guests at her Manchester chef’s table restaurant SAMPA with a Brazilian-British fusion tasting menu.

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