This salad recipe for tomato salad and is served with shallots and vinaigrette. This tomato salad recipe can be served with extra virgin olive oil and makes a great starter.
Ingredients – 4 portions
- 8 fresh ripe tomatoes
- 50g shallots
- Small basil leaves to garnish
- Vinaigrette dressing to taste
- Sea salt / pepper to taste
Getting everything ready
- Blanch, refresh and peel the tomatoes.
- Peel and finely slice the shallots.
- Make the vinaigrette dressing.
Method
- With a very sharp knife, carefully slice the peeled tomatoes. Lay into a shallow dish, sprinkle over the shallots and drizzle over some of the dressing. Season to taste.
- Add a few small basil leaves, cover with cling film and place in a fridge for 1-2 hours.
- To serve the tomato salad, remove from the fridge, arrange the sliced tomatoes neatly on the plates. Drizzle over a little more dressing and mill over a little more black pepper. Garnish with a few fresh small basil leaves.
Tomato salad – hints and tips
As with many salad recipes, this tomato salad will make an excellent starter.
If it is a hot summer’s day and you are having a meal outside and wish to be transported to the Mediterranean, instead of drizzling over a vinaigrette dressing, give your tomatoes a good dressing of extra virgin olive oil.
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