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Tomato Salad

A salad of sliced tomatoes served chilled with nasturtium blossoms and dressing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Tomato Salad

Tomato Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Peel the tomatoes without scalding them.

  2. Slice the tomatoes into ½ inch thick slices.

  3. Chill the sliced tomatoes on ice or cover with broken ice until ready to serve.

Serve

  1. Arrange the tomatoes neatly on a dish.

  2. Garnish with red and yellow nasturtium blossoms.

  3. Pour salad dressing over the tomatoes.

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

Fine, ripe tomatoes
Provide the main body, juice and flavour of the salad.
Salad dressing
Adds moisture and seasoning that coat the tomato slices.

“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.

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