Wild Tomato Salad Recipe
August 30th, 2009 by Scott |
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Life’s been strange this year, with hardly enough time to foodblog. Much of the blame lies with Mia; the rest with my own laziness. Despite this, I couldn’t resist sharing this delicious salad with you all, prompted by the “wild tomatoes” that arrived in my vegetable box this past week. The colours are fantastic and I’ve already decided I just have to grow them next year.
Wild Tomato Salad
I’m going to throw out a bit of a plug to my organic veggie box suppliers here; feel free to skip this paragraph if blatant recommendations aren’t your thing. I’ve been getting my box from Woodlands Farm in (my home county) Lincolnshire delivered every two weeks for the past 6 months or so and it’s really changed the way I eat. There’s something great about having your food come to you, rather than you going to your food; you’ll pretty much be able to guess what arrived in my box each week from what I blog about.
This recipe is pretty well timed, too. I received a cookbook recently called “The Tomato Book” (which I’ll review later in the week) and spent hours staring at the 60 page (!) section about tomato types; salivation just doesn’t begin to describe it. Why are the ones I’m growing all boring and red?
Wild Tomato Salad Recipe – Ingredients & Method
- Handful of “Wild” tomatoes – basically different shapes and colours.
- Rocket
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt & Pepper, to taste
This is such a simple one to create; simply create a dressing from balsamic vinegar mixed with olive oil, salt & pepper, then use to coat the tomatoes (I halved mine; chop smaller dependant upon size) and rocket. Leave for an hour or so for the flavours to come together then enjoy!
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Although yields have been disappointing (especially given sheer number of plants we have this year) I’m excited about two of the varieties we’re growing this year – tigerella and ildi. I wanted to go for something a bit different to the regular red tomato!
The salad looks great. Looking fwd to your review of that cookery book.
I’m running late with the review. Will be online tomorrow, 7th September, guaranteed, or your money back.
What a beautiful salad! I love mixed tomatoes… used to eat them often in Poland, unfortunately haven’t seen them here.
I made yesterday some Polish cheesecake again with blueberries this time.
So I see! I love your blog; I love Polish food!
Nice looking salad. It’s not easy though to find this variety of tomatoes everywhere.
True; you could grow them yourself, as I’m planning to next year.
Beautiful! I wonder if it’s possible to get these in NY ~ those tomatoes are showstoppers!
Fantastic! Really mouthwatering and beautiful!
Cheers,
Rosa
Nature is always so much more beautiful than anything chefs can create, right?
Those tomatoes look so gorgeous.
Agreed. See the above comment.
Those tomatoes look gorgeous!
Snap on the comment above, again. I wholeheartedly agree!
I think these are what we refer to as heirloom tomatoes but no matter what they are called they are fantastic!!!
Lovely post, Scott. I’ve had a fab harvest of toms this year, and somehow managed to escape the blight. Best this year have been Rosada, Golden Sweet and Tigerella – seeds from Thomson and Morgan. I’ve got the tom book too – and was also boggled by the number of varieties. My brother put me on to Plants of Distinction – a seed company that sells over 100 (!!!) varieties of toms, many from the US and Eastern Europe. I’ll be giving them a go next year.
This sounds really good! I just got some Himalayan sea salt and organic peppercorns from Sustainable Sourcing https://secure.sustainablesourcing.com/ and I think I’ll try it out in this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous photo Scott! I’m in Italy at the moment and the tomatoes are out-of-this-world amazing. It’s so sad that the season is ending. I don’t blame you for plugging your local box, they are a gift from mother nature that I can’t live without
Amazing lookin’ salad! Love the various shades of tomatoes.
What a beautiful salad! The colours are really just lovely.
They are, but it’s amazing how fast time flies. Already near Christmas!