For me, Saturdays are meant to be easy days for relaxing and just enjoying life. Of course, when I was working, Saturday was the day for catching up on chores and getting ready for the rest of the week. But hopefully, whether you’re relaxing or running chores, this simple and tasty heirloom tomato salad is one you can enjoy!
I made this tomato salad with some Black Krim tomatoes my brother-in-law grew from seedlings I gave him! So exciting. The recipe comes from Cochon on 2nd, a fantastic restaurant in Williamsburgh, Virginia. We were lucky enough to be able to eat there recently and highly recommend it if you’re in the area.
Ingredients
2 or 3 vine ripe tomatoes
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/4 cup fresh basil
Extra Virgin Olive oil
1/2 cup crumbled Maytag blue cheese
Directions
Thick slice the tomatoes and lay them out on a plate, slightly overlapping them.
Salt and Pepper the tomatoes to taste.
Chop the basil and sprinkle over the tomatoes. If you want to get fancy, you can do what’s known as a chiffonade. Basically, you roll the basil leaves together and then slice them to create ribbons of basil.
Drizzle the olive oil over the tomatoes.
Sprinkle the blue cheese across the tomatoes.
It’s best to let this sit for about half an hour or so. That will let the salt draw out the juices of the tomatoes and also let the cheese get to room temperature where its taste will be the best.
Serve with a nice sourdough bread so you can mop up all the tasty juices from the tomatoes and olive oil!!
Enjoy! P.S. – Can’t you just see Sara from South Beach Love making something like this at her comfort food restaurant?
