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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 servings 317g Recipe makes 6 servings) The following items or measurements are not included below: 2 teaspoons tarragon vinegar 2 flat leaf parsley
Calories 378
Calories from Fat 270		(71%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 30.0g	46%
	Saturated Fat 12.3g	61%
	Monounsaturated Fat 8.3g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 8.0g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 62mg		20%
Sodium 978mg		40%
Potassium 585mg		16%
Total Carbohydrate 19.4g		6%
	Dietary Fiber 2.7g	10%
	Sugars 8.5g
Protein 10.8g		21%
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Contessa's Heirloom Tomatoes With Blue Cheese Dressing

Recipe #377172 | 15 min | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: Sharon123
Jun 14, 2009

When tomatoes are ripe in the summer, this is the simplest and most delicious salad to make. It only has a few ingredients, so choose luscious ripe tomatoes and a good Roquefort cheese. Adapted from Barefoot Contessa at Home cookbook.

6 -8 servings (change servings and units)

Ingredients

3 lbs heirloom tomatoes, mixed colors and sizes
kosher salt
fresh ground black pepper
1/2 lb Roquefort cheese, divided
1 cup good mayonnaise
1/3 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons tarragon vinegar
2 tablespoons. chopped fresh flat leaf parsley

Directions

1
Core the tomatoes and cut the large ones into thick slices, halve or quarter the small ones. Arrange to look pretty on a platter and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
2
To make dressing:.
3
Place half the Roquefort cheese, maoynnaise, cream, vinegar, 1 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoons pepper in the bowl of a food processor: process until combined but still chunky.
4
Drizzle the dressing over the tomatoes. Crumble the remaining Roquefort cheese over the tomatoes. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve at room temperature. Enjoy!

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From: BakinBaby

On Aug 19, 2009

how can a matter get any more simple than this? Made with fresh ground NC matters. my homemade tarragon vinegar and dukes mayo. DH and I are traveling in Nc and discovered Dukes mayo is the only way to go. Delish. Made for 123 tag.

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From: ~Nimz~

On Aug 15, 2009

I used my fresh garden tomatoes for this recipes and just loved it. Made as directed except added some chopped garlic along with the parsley. Thanks Sharon for sharing. Made for PRMR

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From: Cookgirl

On Sep 2, 2009

This is about as good as it gets! Heirloom toms, homemade bleu cheese dressing, homemade mayo, fresh parsley from the garden! I replaced some of the whipping cream in the dressing with Bulgarian buttermilk and served the tomatoes over a bed of lettuce since this was our main course. I used Oregon's Rogue Creamery bleu cheese to make this dish extra extra special! I can only imagine what this would taste like with fresh basil! Thanks for posting!

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From: *Parsley*

On Aug 24, 2009

I love heirloom tomatoes! The creamy dressing and fresh parsley made them even more irresistable. I made this with ff half and half instead of the heavy cream and still got a thick, rich dressing. Thanx for sharing this!

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