Summer salad bowl
A summer salad bursting with fresh flavours
Tomato & mozzarella salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- No cook
- Easy
- Serves 2
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- 200g mixed heritage tomatoessliced
- 1 large shallotsliced into thin rings
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 3 drops of Tabasco
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar(muscatel is good)
- 6 basil leavesshredded, plus extra small leaves to serve
- 4 shop-bought crostiniroughly crushed
- 1 ball buffalo mozzarellaor burrata if you can find it (about 150g), halved
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal463
- fat41g
- saturates13g
- carbs9g
- sugars4g
- fibre2g
- protein13g
- salt0.8g
Method
step 1
Put the tomatoes in a bowl with the shallots and season with a large pinch of salt. Leave for 10 mins for the tomatoes to release their juices.
step 2
Lift the tomatoes and shallots out of the bowl using a slotted spoon, and reserve the juices. Arrange the tomatoes over two plates, then sprinkle over the shallots.
step 3
Whisk the olive oil, Tabasco and vinegar into the reserved tomato juices to make a dressing. Drizzle over the tomatoes and shallots, then scatter with the shredded basil and crushed crostini. Put one half of the mozzarella in the centre of each plate, and season with freshly ground black pepper. Top with the extra basil leaves, and serve.
