Heirloom tomato salad with bacon and tomato-dill dressing
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Total time: 20 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 0 min • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
Heirloom tomatoes come in a variety of colors, textures, shapes, and sizes. Use a mix of big round ones in multiple colors and a few smaller varieties like cherry tomatoes to give this salad a pleasing mix of flavors.
Ingredients
Tomato
1 large, round, red, heirloom, seeded, roughly chopped
Extra virgin olive oil
1½ Tbsp
Dijon mustard
1 tsp
Sherry vinegar
1 tsp
Table salt
¼ tsp
Black pepper
½ tsp, freshly ground
Dill
2 Tbsp, fresh, chopped (plus extra sprigs for garnish)
Garlic
1 clove(s), minced (or more to taste)
Tomato
3½ pound(s), mixed heirloom varieties
Cooked turkey bacon
5 slice(s), crisp
Instructions
1
To make dressing, put 1 large red tomato, oil, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper in a blender; puree until fairly smooth (don’t blend to a complete purée). Pour vinaigrette into a small bowl; stir in dill and garlic.
2
When ready to serve, cut big tomatoes into 1/4-inch-thick slices; halve or quarter small tomatoes. Arrange tomatoes on a serving platter; drizzle with dressing. Crumble bacon over top; garnish with dill.
3
Serving size: 1 heaping cup tomatoes and 2 Tbsp dressing
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