Tomato and Burrata Salad
Hardly a recipe, this is our favorite way to celebrate the gorgeous flavor of tomatoes at their glorious peak in summer. Use your best olive oil for this — as fresh and fruity as possible. The quantities are just a guideline for beginning cooks; others will just assemble by feel. Maldon is our preferred salt on this; if 1 1/4 teaspoons seems like a lot, that’s because it’s so flaky it takes up a lot of room in the teaspoon. Use less of other types of salt (fleur de sel is wonderful on this, too).
Ingredients
3/4 pound to 1 1/4 pound ripe tomatoes, sliced
1 1/4 teaspoons Maldon salt (use less of other types)
Freshly ground black pepper
8 ounces burrata
3 tablespoons best-quality, freshest olive oil
Torn basil leaves or a big handful of mixed soft herbs (any combination of basil and parsley, dill, mint, tarragon, chives, cilantro)
Instructions
1. Scatter the sliced tomatoes in one later on a platter. Sprinkle with the Maldon salt and grind a generous amount of black pepper all over.
2. Use your fingers to break up the burrata over the tomatoes and distribute it all around. Drizzle with the olive oil, scatter the basil leaves or mixed herbs on top and grind a little more pepper on top. Serve with crusty bread to sop up the delicious juices.
Tomato and Burrata Salad
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound to 1 1/4 pound ripe tomatoes, sliced
- 1 1/4 teaspoons Maldon salt (use less of other types)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 8 ounces burrata
- 3 tablespoons best-quality, freshest olive oil
- Torn basil leaves or a big handful of mixed soft herbs (any combination of basil and parsley, dill, mint, tarragon, chives, cilantro)
Instructions
- Scatter the sliced tomatoes in one later on a platter. Sprinkle with the Maldon salt and grind a generous amount of black pepper all over.
- Use your fingers to break up the burrata over the tomatoes and distribute it all around. Drizzle with the olive oil, scatter the basil leaves or mixed herbs on top and grind a little more pepper on top. Serve with crusty bread to sop up the delicious juices.
