Tomato Stack Salad
By: Sommer
Published: Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 8:59pm

Ingredients




4 ripe medium-sized tomatoes
10 ounces soft goat cheese, room temperature
2 tablespoons fresh chopped herbs (thyme, chive, rosemary...)
Good balsamic vinegar for drizzling
Salt

Preparation

1 Mix the fresh herbs into the goat cheese. 2 Slice the tomatoes into 4 thick rounds. Sprinkle each tomato round with salt. Gently slather the layers of each tomato with the goat cheese. 3 Stack the rounds to reassemble the tomato. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar!

About


Here is an elegant little stack salad with a bare-bones mentality. No elaborate dressing or ostentatious ingredients. Just five simple items that do very well on their own, thank you! I started out with the tomato stack last summer when my heirlooms came in. I felt that the only way to improve their natural perfection, might be the addition of goat cheese--possibly my favorite little indulgence. A drizzle of high-quality balsamic vinegar was the cherry on top! Sadly, my heirlooms have not graced us with their presence this year, but as you can see any ripe tomato is quite satisfactory!

Comments:
Sheri Wetherell

so cute tomato!
Mary A. Steil

This works well with beet as a Beet Tower.