What's your favorite thing to do with all those summer tomatoes?
By phamilton
@phamilton (57)
United States
September 10, 2009 5:57pm CST
My favorite way to enjoy those fresh tomatoes is to make a fresh tomato bruschetta on a garlic toasted baquette, and enjoy it with a glass of Pinot Noir. If anyone wants the recipe, just ask!
3 responses
@jazzsue58 (2666)
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11 Sep 09
Whenever I can, I use fresh tomatoes in place of tinned for spag bol. I'm in the UK so a lot of our tomatoes don't ripen.
My mum used to make gallons of green tomato chutney - we always put a bit by for christmas. I've got some red chillies just ripening so I'll probably make a fresh tomato salsa. Yum!
@jazzsue58 (2666)
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11 Sep 09
A curiously British translation - it's too late to be dealing with all them syllabubbles.
@ladyhope (377)
• Canada
11 Sep 09
I love simply eating them with salt and pepper. I find that tomatoes taste especially yummy when they are fresh from the garden.
I would also like to know your bruschetta recipe, because I have tried it so many times but can't get it right! It never tastes as good as other people's bruschetta.
@phamilton (57)
• United States
11 Sep 09
Tomato Bruschetta:
Chop up 1 cup of fresh tomatoes and put them in a colander. Sprinkle salt over them and toss. Let drain for around 10 minutes. This will take all the excess liquid out. If you have plum tomatoes they are best.
While the tomatoes are draining, slice your baquette on the diagonal, brush with olive oil and rub a cut clove of garlic over slices. Toast them, either in a skillet or oven.
Put tomatoes in bowl, add 3 cloves of minced garlic, 1 TBS chopped fresh basil, 1 TBS olive oil, and 1 tsp. balsamic vinegar and mix.
Spoon bruschetta onto bread slices, top each slice with 1 fresh basil leaf and shredded parmigano cheese.
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@pchickk17 (52)
• United States
4 Oct 09
i can eat fresh tomatoes like apples! i love them so much. my favorite way to have them though is probably caprese. i first had it at this wonderful little italin resteraunt when we lived in germany many years ago. now i make it at home all the time. it is so yummy! i also like to make white pizza with fresh tomatoes. and for lunch sometimes i love to take a fresh tomatoe and cut the top off and scoop out the insides... then i either stuff it with chicken salad or egg salad. it is so good! i could think of wuite a few more ways to eat them as well. probably one of my favorite foods!
