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Heritage tomato salad with fresh greens, blue cheese and creamy chive dressing

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Ingredients

  • For the tomato salad:

  • 200g fresh mixed meslcun greens
  • 2 tbsps red wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsps extra-virgin olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Assorted large and small heritage tomatoes, Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please sliced or quartered
  • Creamy chive dressing, recipe follows
  • Point reyes blue cheese, crumbled
  • Whole chives, for garnish

  • For the creamy chive dressing:

  • 3 tbsps red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 heaped tbsp prepared mayonnaise
  • 30g Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped fresh chives
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 120ml canola oil

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Heritage tomato salad with fresh greens, blue cheese and creamy chive dressing

For the tomato salad:
1) Place greens in a bowl and toss with the vinegar and oil and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a platter.

2) Arrange tomatoes over greens, sprinkle with salt, and drizzle with chive dressing. Sprinkle blue cheese over top and garnish with a few fresh chives.

For the creamy chive dressing:
1) Combine all ingredients in a blender and Technique: Blend Mixing two or more ingredients with another so that they combine together as one mixture. You can also use the main blade of a food processor to blend. I know this Teach me, please blend until smooth.