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  • Prep Time: 13 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 22 mins
  • Servings: 3

Heirloom Tomato Salad

Salads

My favorite tomato salad this year - made with roasted and ripe tomatoes, capers, mozzarella, almonds, and chives.

Ingredients

    • 2 pounds / 1 kg tomatoes ( a mix of small heirlooms & cherry tomatoes), halved
    • 1/4 cup / 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon brown sugar or maple syrup
    • couple pinches of fine grain sea salt
    • 1/3 cup toasted almond slices
    • 2 tablespoons capers, fried in a bit of oil
    • 6 oz good mozzarella, torn into chunks
    • a handful of torn lettuce leaves
    • generous drizzle of lemon olive oil or chive oil*

Directions

  1. To start, you're going to roast about 1/2 of the tomatoes - as I mention up above, preferably a mix of cherry and heirlooms. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), and adjust the oven rack to the top third of the oven. Toss the tomatoes you will be roasting gently (but well) in a bowl along with the olive oil, sugar, and salt. Arrange them in a single layer, cut side up, on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake, without stirring, until the tomatoes shrink a bit and start to caramelize around the edges, 45 to 60 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  2. When ready to serve, gently toss the roasted and raw tomatoes with a bit of chive or lemon oil, most of the almonds, the capers, the mozzarella, and the lettuce. Taste and season with a bit more salt if needed. Serve topped with the remaining almonds, and any herb flowers you might have.

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