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Maisonette Heirloom Tomato Salad With Goat Cheese and Arugula

Here's how you make Maisonette Heirloom Tomato Salad With Goat Cheese and Arugula
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 0m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 tomatoes (large ripe heirloom tomatoes different colors preferred)
  • 5 ounces goat cheese (soft fresh goat cheese or 5 ounces chevre cheese or 5 ounces soft cream cheese, cut into 4 wheels)
  • 1/2 cup pistachio nuts (shelled roasted and chopped)
  • 4 cups arugula (or 4 cups baby spinach)
  • 1/2 cup oil (extra virgin)
  • 1 whole lemon
  • 1 to 4 tablespoon balsamic vinegar (aged, to taste)
  • Coarse salt, to taste
  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 cherry tomatoes (or 2 grape tomatoes, optional)
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: Thinly slice tomatoes and arrange on salad plates in an overlapping fashion forming a ring, alternating colors as you go.

  • Step 2: Season tomatoes with salt and pepper and drizzle lightly with some of the olive oil and balsamic (reserve some for the arugula).

  • Step 3: Press wheels of goat cheese into the chopped pistachios, covering both sides.

  • Step 4: Place arugula into a small bowl and toss gently with olive oil, juice of the lemon, balsamic, salt, and pepper.

  • Step 5: Place approximately one cup of the arugula salad into the center of the tomatoes.

  • Step 6: Top arugula with pistachio goat cheese and garnish with tomato if desired.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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