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Season & Serve Juicy and sweet, our British tomatoes
Homegrown tomatoes are one of the joys of summer. Sometimes the simplest treatment is all they need – a drizzle of olive oil and salt – but there are many recipes where they can deliver a big flavour boost too
Tomato & Mozzarella Salad with Oregano
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Serves 4
Pick super ripe tomatoes for this so the flavour shines through. Serve as a starter or light lunch with crusty bread to dip into the juices.
• 2 tsp Schwartz Oregano • ½ tsp Schwartz Garlic Granules • Schwartz Sea Salt and Cracked Black Pepper, to season
Ingredients
Method
• 675g British tomatoes of assorted colours and sizes, sliced • 200g mozzarella, torn • 75g rocket leaves • 50g olives • 1 tbsp capers, washed • 125ml extra virgin olive oil • 75ml white wine vinegar • 1 tsp caster sugar
1.
Place the tomatoes, mozzarella, rocket, olives and capers in a large salad bowl. 2. For the vinaigrette, whisk the oil, vinegar, sugar, oregano and garlic granules in a bowl. Taste and season, then pour over the salad. Gently toss to evenly coat, then serve immediately.
Did you know?
Of all the tomatoes we buy in the UK, British growers currently produce around a fifth – that’s 100,000 tonnes. During the summer, this goes up to around half the tomatoes bought Source: British Tomato Growers’ Association
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