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Italian · Salad

Tomato and Mozzarella Salad

Peak-season tomatoes are salted and drained so their juice can go into a sharp balsamic-soy dressing, then tossed with torn buffalo mozzarella, basil and soaked red onion for an intensely tomato-y summer salad.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on24 min
  • Total54 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1small red onion, finely sliced (about 3/4 cup)optional
  • 900 gvery ripe tomatoes, about 3 large, cut into 4-5 cm chunks
  • 2 tspkosher salt
  • 60 mlextra-virgin olive oil, 1/4 cup, for the salad
  • 450 gfresh mozzarella, preferably mozzarella di bufala, cut or torn into 2.5 cm chunks
  • 1 bunchsmall bunch basil, leaves picked, roughly chopped or torn (about 1/2 cup)
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper

Sharp balsamic-soy vinaigrette (a quarter batch, about 60 ml)

  • 2 tspbalsamic vinegar
  • ¾ tspsoy sauce
  • 1 tspDijon mustard
  • 1 tspshallot, minced very fine
  • 1 pinchgarlic, grated (about 1/4 teaspoon)
  • 2 tbspcanola oil
  • 1 tbspextra-virgin olive oil, for the vinaigrette
  • 1 pinchkosher salt

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Mediterranean

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Mustard
  • Sulfites
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Shallot
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Turmeric
  • Basil
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Lactose

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 1

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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