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Tomato And Onion Salad

From 1001 Recipes You've Always Wanted To Cook.

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From 1001 Recipes You've Always Wanted To Cook, printed page 8, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/1001RecipesYouveAlwaysWantedToCook

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Ingredients

  • a handful of fresh basil leaves
  • 4 beef tomatoes
  • 6 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp red wine
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard

Method

  1. 450g/llb baby plum tomatoes, halved 450g/llb plum tomatoes, sliced 4 beef tomatoes, sliced 1 bunch of spring onions (scallions), sliced a handful of fresh basil leaves, torn, plus sprigs to garnish a good pinch of sugar 4 tbsp pinenuts (pignoli), toasted salt and ground black pepper balsamic vinegar to drizzle For the dressing 6 tbsp olive oil 3 tbsp red wine vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 To make the dressing, whisk the oil, vinegar and mustard together in a bowl.
  2. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. 2 Put all the tomatoes, the spring onions, basil, sugar and pinenuts in a shallow serving bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  4. 3 Pour the dressing over the salad and toss gently.
  5. Set aside for 1 hour.