Name: Tomato and Water Cress Salad
Ingredients: 2 cups peeled, sliced tomatoes; 2 cups water cress, washed; salad dressing

Tomato and Water Cress Salad

Ingredients

2 cups peeled, sliced tomatoes
2 cups water cress, washed
salad dressing

Directions

Prepare

In separate bowls, place the tomatoes and watercress.
Add salad dressing to each bowl.
Let stand for 5 minutes.

Serve

Mix the tomatoes and watercress together and serve.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Tomatoes: Provide the main body, juiciness and mild acidity of the salad.
Watercress (in the method): Adds a peppery, slightly bitter leafy flavour that contrasts with the tomatoes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.