Best Tomato Salad With Goat Cheese Recipes

TOMATO AND GOAT-CHEESE SALAD WITH BASIL VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a blender, combine basil, oil, vinegar, and 1 tablespoon water. Blend until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Season vinaigrette with salt and pepper.
• With dental floss or a warm knife (wiped clean after each slice), thinly slice cheese. Arrange tomatoes and goat cheese on a serving plate; drizzle with dressing to taste. Serve garnished with basil leaves.

HEIRLOOM TOMATO SALAD WITH GOAT CHEESE AND ARUGULA

Steps:

• Slice large tomatoes into 1/4 inch thick rounds. Halve or quarter cherry, grape, or other small tomatoes. Divide the tomatoes among four plates, arranging them to show off the contrast in their colors.
• Top each plate of tomatoes with a handful of arugula, allowing a border of tomatoes to show around the edge of the plates.
• Divide the goat cheese evenly among the salads, crumbling it over the arugula and tomatoes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, and basil.
• Drizzle each salad with vinaigrette, allowing about 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons of dressing per salad.
• Serve immediately. Enjoy.

ASPARAGUS AND TOMATO SALAD WITH GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring balsamic vinegar to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in olive oil, Dijon mustard, honey, garlic, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
• Bring a separate pot of water to a boil and cook asparagus for 3 minutes. Drain in a colander and run under cold water to stop the cooking process. Shake off excess moisture.
• Combine asparagus and grape tomatoes in a large bowl. Drizzle dressing over the top and toss until evenly coated. Add goat cheese and toss again. Serve immediately.

TOMATO SALAD WITH GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Cover each plate with a layer of mesclun or mixed greens. Place sliced tomatoes on top. Salt generously.
• Mix the dressing ingredients into an emulsion.
• Crumble the goat cheese onto the tomato slices.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour dressing on top lightly and add the chopped parsley or basil.

ROASTED TOMATO AND GOAT CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Halve and seed the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Lay the tomatoes on a baking rack set over a cookie sheet in the 300 degree oven for 20 minutes or until the skins slip off easily. Remove the tomatoes from the oven, slip off their skins, and brush the tomato halves lightly with olive oil. Return the tomatoes to the oven to roast for an additional hour or until they take on a brilliant, burnished color.
• Meanwhile, slice the Montrachet log into 12 equal-size disks. Dredge each disk of goat cheese with flour then egg then seasoned bread crumbs. Heat a saute pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and quickly cook the cheese on both sides. When all the cheese has been cooked in this manner, divide them among 4 salad plates, alternating slices of goat cheese and roasted tomato halves.
• Combine the remaining olive oil with the balsamic vinegar, toss the salad greens with the vinaigrette and place some salad alongside each serving of tomatoes and cheese.

TOMATO AND PEACH SALAD WITH WHIPPED GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk the olive oil, vinegar, mustard and lemon juice. Season generously with salt and pepper, stir in the red onion and set aside.
• Crumble the goat cheese into the bowl of a food processor and whip until creamy, scraping down the sides of the work bowl as needed, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and lemon zest and whip just until fluffy, about 1 minute, scraping the bowl as needed. Transfer to a bowl and season to taste with salt.
• Spread the whipped goat cheese on a large serving platter or in shallow bowl, distributing it evenly using the back of a spoon. Add the tomato wedges, peach wedges and purslane to the dressing and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Place on top of the whipped goat cheese and serve immediately.

ENSALADA DE SANDíA Y TOMATE (WATERMELON TOMATO SALAD WITH GOAT CHEESE AND CORN NUTS)

Steps:

• Whisk the honey, vinegar, and ½ teaspoon salt in a small bowl. While whisking, add the oil in a slow, steady stream until emulsified.
• Pulse the corn nuts in a food processor until finely chopped.
• Arrange the tomatoes in serving dishes in a single layer and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon salt. Top with the watermelon and onion and drizzle with the dressing. Crumble the goat cheese and pluck the tarragon leaves on top. Sprinkle on the corn nuts and serve immediately.

LENTIL, TOMATO AND GOAT CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook lentils in partially covered pot until they are tender but not mushy, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Slice onion into rings about 1/4-inch thick. Prepare stove-top grill, and grill onion, turning once or twice.
• Wash, trim and cut white part from leek; mince white part.
• Wash, trim and chop fennel bulb.
• Heat olive oil in small nonstick skillet, and saute leek and fennel until fennel softens.
• Wash, trim and slice tomatoes into 1/4-inch thick slices, and place in bowl with 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, mixing to coat well.
• Mince garlic.
• When lentils are cooked, drain and rinse. Stir in leek, fennel, garlic and remaining balsamic vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
• Slice cheese, and heat at 400 degrees in toaster oven for a couple of minutes, until it begins to bubble.
• Wash, dry and chop basil; stir 2 tablespoons into lentils.
• Arrange lentil mixture on serving platter. Top with tomatoes. Place grilled onions in center, place cheese rounds on top of tomatoes, sprinkle with basil.

HEIRLOOM TOMATO SALAD WITH CRUMBLED GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Whisk mayonnaise, buttermilk, green onions, lemon juice, garlic, and salt for dressing together in a small bowl. Chill in the refrigerator until ready to use if not serving immediately.
• Combine tomatoes, onion, lemon juice, salt, and pepper for salad in a bowl.
• Divide mixture between plates. Drizzle with dressing and top with crumbled goat cheese.

EGGPLANT SALAD WITH TOMATO AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Brush both sides of eggplant with 2 tablespoons oil. Sprinkle with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper., Broil eggplant 3-4 inches from heat or grill, covered, over medium heat, until tender, 4-5 minutes per side., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, basil, parsley, vinegar, 1 tablespoon oil and remaining salt and pepper. Toss arugula with remaining oil and divide among 8 plates. Top each with eggplant, tomato mixture and goat cheese.

PHILIPPE BERTINEAU'S HEIRLOOM TOMATO SALAD WITH FARM GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Slice each large tomato crosswise into 1/4-inch slices. Arrange each variety of tomato in alternating colors in a circle around a serving platter, then place the baby tomatoes in the center.
• Sprinkle the tomatoes with the minced shallots, oil, vinegars, salt and pepper. Marinate the tomatoes 2 minutes, turn over and marinate 2 minutes on the other side.
• Crumble the goat cheese on top of the tomatoes and sprinkle the chopped basil. Season with gray sea salt. Wait 10 minutes before serving. (Do not refrigerate.)