White Peach & Yellow Tomato Salad
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Author: Christy Majors adapted from Paris Express, Simple Food from the City of Style by Laura Calder
Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: French
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 4 white peaches, blanched, peeled, pitted and sliced
- 4 yellow tomatoes, sliced as close the size of peach slices as possibles
- Extra virgin olive oil to coat fruit (1 - 2 tablespoons)
- fleur de sel
- freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh mint - chiffonade
- Couple dribbles of Balsamic Vinegar - as good of quality as you can afford
Instructions
- Score the bottom of each peach with an X. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and prepare an ice bath. Drop the peaches into the boiling water and blanch for 10-20 seconds. Immediately plunge into ice batch. Peel, pit and slice the peaches into wedges. Cut tomatoes into wedges the same size as the peaches.
- Place tomatoes and peaches into a large bowl and toss with olive oil, a pinch or two of fleur de sel, fresh pepper, mint and a dribble of balsamic vinegar and mix to combine ingredients. Plate and serve.
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