Contessa's Heirloom Tomatoes With Blue Cheese Dressing |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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When tomatoes are ripe in the summer, this is the simplest and most delicious salad to make. It only has a few ingredients, so choose luscious ripe tomatoes and a good Roquefort cheese. Adapted from Barefoot Contessa at Home cookbook. Ingredients:
3 lbs heirloom tomatoes, mixed colors and sizes |
kosher salt |
fresh ground black pepper |
1/2 lb roquefort cheese, divided |
1 cup good mayonnaise |
1/3 cup heavy cream |
2 teaspoons tarragon vinegar |
2 tablespoons. chopped fresh flat leaf parsley |
Directions:
1. Core the tomatoes and cut the large ones into thick slices, halve or quarter the small ones. Arrange to look pretty on a platter and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
2. To make dressing:.
3. Place half the Roquefort cheese, maoynnaise, cream, vinegar, 1 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoons pepper in the bowl of a food processor: process until combined but still chunky.
4. Drizzle the dressing over the tomatoes. Crumble the remaining Roquefort cheese over the tomatoes. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve at room temperature. Enjoy!
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