Tomato-Basil Salad
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Total time: 10 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 0 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This simple, delicious salad makes the most of summer's best ingredients. Take a trip to a farmer’s market and buy the most colourful tomatoes possible.
Ingredients
Tomato
2 large, 1 red and 1 yellow, heirloom or beefsteak, thinly sliced
Onion
¼ cup(s), sweet variety, very thinly sliced
Olive oil
4 tsp(s), extra virgin
Kosher salt
½ tsp(s), or to taste
Black pepper
⅛ pinch(es), freshly ground, or to taste
Fresh oregano
½ tbsp(s), chopped, or 1/4 tsp dried oregano
Fresh basil
20 tbsp(s), fresh, or less to taste
Instructions
1
To make each salad, arrange 1/4 of tomato slices on a salad plate and top with1/4 of onions. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of oil and season to taste with salt and pepper; crumble a pinch of oregano over top.
2
Let stand at room temperature at least 10 minutes for flavours to develop. Just before serving, tuck about 5 basil leaves under the tomatoes. Yields 1 salad per serving.
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