My local chef and food writer Claire Thomson published her latest book ” Tomato” last month and as always I have found so many recipes I want make . The chapter on salads has many good ideas for the unprecedented hot weather we are currently experiencing and this simple and refreshing salad is the first recipe I tried.
Another recipe from ” Sea & Shore” by Emily Scott. It’s delicious on its own but also goes very well with bream or mackerel. This is best in late summer when home rown tomatoes are at their very best.
A simple but tasty soup from ” Jamie’s Dinners” by Jamie Oliver. You need good quality ripe tomatoes which will become very sweet when cooked slowly. Serve the soup with some fresh bread.
A delicious side from Claire Thomson’s excellent ” Home Cookery Year”. Use the ripest tomatoes or you can use two 400g cans of drained plum tomatoes as an alternative. Serve warm or at room temperature.
A Tomato Salad from Nigella Lawson’s ” Forever Summer” with home made salad cream. Leftover salad cream can be stored in the fridge in a jam jar and used as a dressing for a green salad.
A simple supper from Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s ” Three Good Things”. It works best with a creamy blue cheese such as Dorset Blue Vinney, Shropshire Blue or Cornish Blue.As an alternative you could use a tangy goats cheese.
