In this recipe, sun-ripened tomatoes, red onion, goat’s cheese and kalamata olives are drizzled in a homemade balsamic vinegar dressing for a quick and easy salad.
It’s officially Spring, and what a better Spring-time lunch is there than a lovely tomato, red onion and goats cheese salad?
Make sure your tomatoes are at their peak ripeness and room temperature for optimum taste.
Tomato and goat’s cheese salad with a balsamic dressing.
Ingredients
for the salad
- 6 fresh ripe tomatoes
- 1 small red onion thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives
- 100 grams goat's cheese
- freshly ground black pepper
- Shetland sea salt
for the balsamic dressing
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 sprig fresh thyme leaves only
- 1 clove garlic finely chopped
- 5 fresh basil leaves torn
- freshly ground black pepper
- Shetland sea salt
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Equipment
Instructions
- Thinly slice your red onion and place in serving bowls.
- Halve or thickly slice your room-temperature tomatoes and arrange on top of the sliced red onion.
- Top with the kalamata olives and goat's cheese.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Combine 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 sprig fresh thyme (leaves only), 1 clove garlic, finely chopped and season with freshly ground black pepper and Shetland sea salt, to taste. Whisk together.
- Pour the dressing over your salad and garnish with 5 fresh basil leaves, torn.
Nutrition
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