Tomato and Bread Salad with Torn Mozzarella and Basil
Ripe cherry tomatoes salted until they weep, tossed with torn day-old bread, cucumber, olive oil and vinegar, with mozzarella, toasted almonds and basil over the top.
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Prep 15 minCook 8 minServes 2
Ingredients
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400 g ripe cherry tomatoes, halved
150 g cucumber, peeled in stripes and thickly sliced
80 g day-old wholegrain bread, torn into rough pieces
50 ml extra-virgin olive oil (45 g)
12 ml red wine vinegar (12 g)
1 garlic clove, crushed (5 g)
80 g fresh mozzarella
18 g fresh basil
20 g almonds, roughly chopped
Ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Put the tomatoes in a large bowl, squeeze them lightly in your hand as you go and leave them 10 minutes. A pool of juice should gather in the base; that juice is the point of the dish.
Meanwhile toast the torn bread in a dry frying pan over medium heat, turning often, for 5-8 minutes, until dry and crisp at the edges but still chewy in the middle. Bread toasted right through goes to gravel once dressed.
Whisk the vinegar, garlic and oil into the tomato juices in the bowl.
Add the bread and cucumber and turn everything over with your hands. Leave 10 minutes. The bread should swell and soften while keeping some structure; taste a piece and stop when it is no longer dry in the centre.
Toast the almonds in the pan you dried the bread in, shaking often, until they colour. Tear the mozzarella into the bowl in large ragged pieces, tear the basil over, scatter the almonds on, grind on pepper and serve at room temperature.
Safety and storage
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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Tomato and Bread Salad with Torn Mozzarella and Basil
Serves 2 · Prep 15 min · Cook 8 min
Ripe cherry tomatoes salted until they weep, tossed with torn day-old bread, cucumber, olive oil and vinegar, with mozzarella, toasted almonds and basil over the top.
Ingredients
400 g ripe cherry tomatoes, halved
150 g cucumber, peeled in stripes and thickly sliced
80 g day-old wholegrain bread, torn into rough pieces
50 ml extra-virgin olive oil (45 g)
12 ml red wine vinegar (12 g)
1 garlic clove, crushed (5 g)
80 g fresh mozzarella
18 g fresh basil
20 g almonds, roughly chopped
Ground black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2195 kJ / 524.6 kcal · protein 17.8 g · carbohydrate 24.4 g · fibre 9 g · fat 37.6 g · sodium 396.9 mg
Method
Put the tomatoes in a large bowl, squeeze them lightly in your hand as you go and leave them 10 minutes. A pool of juice should gather in the base; that juice is the point of the dish.
Meanwhile toast the torn bread in a dry frying pan over medium heat, turning often, for 5-8 minutes, until dry and crisp at the edges but still chewy in the middle. Bread toasted right through goes to gravel once dressed.
Whisk the vinegar, garlic and oil into the tomato juices in the bowl.
Add the bread and cucumber and turn everything over with your hands. Leave 10 minutes. The bread should swell and soften while keeping some structure; taste a piece and stop when it is no longer dry in the centre.
Toast the almonds in the pan you dried the bread in, shaking often, until they colour. Tear the mozzarella into the bowl in large ragged pieces, tear the basil over, scatter the almonds on, grind on pepper and serve at room temperature.
Safety and storage
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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