Torn tomato salad with goat’s cheese
Australian Gourmet Traveller fast vegetarian recipe for torn tomato salad with goat’s cheese
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
- 8 vine-ripened tomatoes
- 400 gm cherry tomatoes
- 2 golden shallots, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 80 ml extra virgin olive oil (1/3 cup)
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 160 gm mature goat’s cheese
Method
Main
- 1Place a sieve over a large bowl to catch juices and, using your hands, coarsely tear vine-ripened tomatoes into large pieces. Squash cherry tomatoes between your fingers and add to sieve. Scatter with 2 tsp sea salt and stand for 20 minutes, then pour juices into a small saucepan, add shallot and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes or until reduced to 2 tbsp. Add sherry vinegar, olive oil and sugar and season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- 2Transfer tomatoes to a serving bowl or platter and drizzle with dressing. Thinly slice mature goat’s cheese, scatter over tomatoes and serve immediately.