Recipe by The View From the Great Island
Visit websiteI don’t know if there’s a heaven, but if there is, I’m pretty sure they serve this for lunch…a beautiful, light, and healthy tomato salad, with a big blob of cream filled burrata cheese right in the middle of the plate. The luxurious cheese is your reward for lunching on wedges of fresh heirloom tomatoes lightly dressed with olive oil and fruity vinegar. I know it’s a little early in the season for tomatoes, but this can serve as inspiration for the days ahead. I love to pick through a big pile of heirloom tomatoes for just the right combination of colors. I could stand there for hours! Even then, you never know exactly what you’ve got until you cut into them. Heirloom tomatoes are jaw-droppingly beautiful, but their flavor is mellow. The key to this salad is combining them with the sharper, tangier bite of smaller tomatoes. The nice thing is that small cherry sized tomatoes are available all year long, and their acidity works really well with the rich cheese. Just remember that no matter how small your tomatoes are, cut them in half to allow their juice and flavor to permeate the salad. For this salad …
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