Jeffreys Dai Mint And Tomato Salad Recipes

DAI MINT AND TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place the garlic and salt in a large mortar and pound together. Or place them in a large bowl and use the back of a flat spoon to mash them against the side of the bowl. Add the fresh chile, if using, the mint, and the scallions and continue to pound or mash to soften and blend. Add the tomatoes and gently pound or mash until borken up a little. Add the chile oil and toss well. Serve the salad mounded in a shallow bowl, with the juices poured over.;
• Heat the oil in a wok or skillet. As soon as it starts to smoke, toss in the chile flakes, taking care not to splash yourself, and remove from the heat. Let stand until completely cool, then transfer to a clean dry glass jar and store in a cool place. If you wish, in several days you can strain out the chiles and store them separately or discard them, leaving you with just a gleaming orange spicy-hot oil.

TRIPLE TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Drizzle 1 tablespoon oil on a small sheet pan. Add 3/4 cup of the cherry tomatoes, along with the garlic, thyme and smoked salt and pepper to taste. Toss together. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, honey, chiles, 1 tablespoon vinegar and the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil. Add the onions and remaining 1/4 cup cherry tomatoes and toss. Season with kosher salt and pepper; allow to marinate for 10 minutes.
• Add the remaining 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar to the roasted tomatoes. Arrange the roasted tomatoes on a platter and drizzle with the liquid. Add the marinated tomatoes and drizzle with some of the mustard vinaigrette. Top with the heirloom tomatoes. Finish by garnishing with the basil, dill and smoked salt.

JEFFREY'S DAI MINT AND TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place garlic and salt in a large mortar. Using the pestle, work to combine. Add scallions and chile, and work to combine. Add tomatoes and mint, and gently pound until tomatoes are slightly crushed and mint is bruised. Transfer to a shallow bowl, and drizzle with oil.

TOMATO SALAD WITH LEMON AND MINT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together lemon zest, lemon juice, and oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add onion and tomatoes to bowl. Toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper and sprinkle with mint leaves.

TOMATO & MINT SALAD

Steps:

• Halve the tomatoes and scatter over a large plate. Finely chop the red onion and tear up the mint leaves. Throw the onion and mint over the tomatoes. Can be kept, covered, 3-4 hours ahead. Just before serving, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, season with salt and ground black pepper and finely grate a little lemon zest over the top.

BEAUTIFUL TOMATO AND MINT SALAD

Steps:

• Slice the tomatoes thinly and arrange in an overlapping fashion on a plate or platter.
• Season the tomatoes with salt, a good grinding of black pepper and a tiny sprinkling of sugar.
• Chop the shallot and pickled red pepper as finely as you can and sprinkle over the tomatoes.
• When ready to serve, mix the dressing ingredients together and drizzle over the tomatoes.
• Sprinkle with freshly chopped mint leaves and serve with plenty of crusty bread and dry white wine.
• Tomatoes never tasted so good.

EGGPLANT WITH TOMATO-MINT SAUCE AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F. Spray 2 large baking sheets with oil spray. Arrange eggplant rounds on prepared sheets; brush lightly with 1 tablespoon oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 10 minutes. Turn rounds over and bake until tender and golden, about 10 minutes longer. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion; sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and stir 1 minute. Add tomatoes with their juices, mint and oregano and simmer until sauce thickens and is reduced to 1 3/4 cups, breaking up tomatoes with back of spoon, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon half of tomato sauce into shallow 2-quart baking dish. Arrange eggplant rounds atop sauce, overlapping slightly. Spoon remaining sauce over. Sprinkle cheese over. Bake until heated through, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with basil.

TOMATO AND MINT SALAD WITH POMEGRANATE DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine first 8 ingredients. Whisk pomegranate molasses and oil in small bowl. Season with salt and pepper; toss.

SALAD OF MELON & TOMATOES WITH MINT & ELDERFLOWER DRESSING

Steps:

• To make the dressing, put the vinegar, oils, half the mint, the mustard, sugar and cordial in a blender, then season and blitz to combine. Add the cream and check the seasoning - this is a sweet-sour dressing, so you need to get the balance right. You might want to make it a bit milder by adding a little more cream.
• Halve the smaller tomatoes and cut any larger ones into wedges. Put in a shallow serving bowl.
• Remove the seeds from the Charentais or cantaloupe and Galia melons, cut into wedges, peel and cut the flesh into chunks. Add to the bowl with the tomatoes, along with the watermelon. Drizzle over some of the dressing (you may not need all of it), scatter over the remaining mint leaves and serve.

STONE FRUIT AND TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Stir together peach, plums, tomato, cherries, parsley, lemon zest, lemon juice, minced garlic, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl until combined. Let stand at least 5 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Drizzle with olive oil and stir to combine.