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Basque Tossed Salad

Here's how you make Basque Tossed Salad
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 pounds tomatoes, coarsely chopped (5 ripe tomatoes)
  • 1 red bell pepper (large pepper, stemmed, seeded, and diced)
  • 3 cucumbers (medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and diced)
  • 1 onions (medium Spanish or red onion, diced
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled)
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup olive oil (Spanish olive oil)
  • 2 large eggs (hard-boiled, whites diced, and yolks pushed through a sieve)
  • 6 radish (large red radishes, trimmed, sliced thin)
  • 1/3 cup slivered almonds (toasted, see note below)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, bell pepper, cucumbers, onion, and oregano.

  • Step 2: In a separate bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, salt, and pepper and drizzle in the olive oil, whisking until emulsified.

  • Step 3: Pour the dressing over the salad and toss again.

  • Step 4: Mound the salad onto a large platter and garnish with the egg whites, radishes, and almonds. Scatter the sieved egg yolk over the top and serve immediately

  • Step 5:

  • Step 6: NOTE:

  • Step 7: To toast almonds, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spread the almonds on a cookie sheet and toast in the oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.


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