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ROASTED TOMATO AND WATERCRESS SALAD RECIPE
Tomatoes, watercress and shallots – one of the simplest combinations, but the flavours work so well together. Especially if you’ve taken the trouble to slow roast the tomatoes first to intensify their flavour. I sometimes do these in large batches and keep them in olive oil in the fridge for adding to sandwiches or other salads.
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Ingredients
- 300 g cherry tomatoes in a mixture of colours if you wish, cut in half
- 2 leaves thyme sprigs only
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and finely sliced
- caster sugar for sprinkling
- olive oil for drizzling
- 125 g Watercress well washed
- ½ banana shallot sliced into rings
- aged balsamic vinegar for drizzling
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/Gas 2.
- 2. Arrange the tomatoes in a single layer, cut side up, in a baking tray. Sprinkle over the thyme leaves, garlic and a couple of pinches of sugar. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with oil.
- 3. Place in the oven for 1–1½ hours, until the tomatoes have shrivelled up.
- 4. Once ready to serve, place the watercress in a serving bowl, add the shallot rings and tomatoes and mix well. Drizzle with a little olive oil and a couple of splashes of balsamic vinegar to taste. Season and serve.
HOW TO VARY THE RECIPE
- If you don’t have any shallots to hand, you can use thinly sliced onions. Soak them in milk or salted water for 20 minutes first to make them less astringent.