Cocktails with Cherry tomato
Cherry tomato is a small, round cultivar of the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), used whole as an edible garnish.
Taste profile
Mild and lightly sweet with a low acidity, backed by a faint fresh, savoury aroma.
How it's used
Serving as a decorative and textural garnish, it is skewered or perched whole on the rim, adding a bright colour accent and a savoury-fresh note without contributing measurable liquid to the drink.
Substitutes for Cherry tomato
Another small, whole, brightly coloured edible fruit or vegetable garnish can supply the same visual accent, since the role is purely decorative.
Often confused with
Grape tomato
Cherry tomatoes are round and juicier with thinner skins; grape tomatoes are smaller and oblong, with thicker skins and lower water content.
Description
The cherry tomato belongs to a cultivar group of the tomato species, often assigned to the variety cerasiforme, and ranges in size from roughly a thumbtip to a golf ball. Botanically the fruit is a berry, though it is treated as a vegetable in culinary contexts, and it is distinguished from standard tomatoes chiefly by its small size and rounded shape.
