Crudités with requeijão and olive crumb

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Salty and rich, Brazilian requeijão is a type of runny cream cheese, and a delicious base for a dip. In this recipe from Caroline Martins, crudités are served with rich whipped requeijão and a dehydrated olive crumb.

First published in 2024

Ingredients

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Black olive crumb

Requeijão foam

  • 240g of requeijão (Brazillian cream cheese)
  • 240g of double cream
  • 2g of apple cider vinegar
  • 2g of xanthan gum
  • salt

Organic baby vegetables

Garnish

  • dehydrated edible flowers

Equipment

  • Siphon bottle or cream whipper

Method

1

Preheat the oven to 150°C

2

Pat the olives dry and place them on a baking tray

3

Dehydrate the olives for 3 hours in a low oven, then blitz the dehydrated olives in a food processor into a coarse crumb

4

Meanwhile, blend the cream cheese, vinegar and double cream until smooth. Season with salt

  • 240g of requeijão (Brazillian cream cheese)
  • 240g of double cream
  • 2g of apple cider vinegar
  • salt
5

Blend in the xanthan gum little by little until the mixture is smooth

  • 2g of xanthan gum
6

Add the cream cheese mixture to a siphon, and charge the siphon with one CO2 charge. Keep at room temperature until ready to serve

7

Wash the baby vegetables

8

When ready, shake your syphon vigorously and serve aerated cheese topped with the black olive crumb, and the vegetables for dipping. Garnish with edible flowers

  • dehydrated edible flowers

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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