Contessa's Heirloom Tomatoes With Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe #377172
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.
by Sharon123
15 min | 15 min prep
6 -8 servings
- 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
- 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.
- To make dressing:.
- 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.
- 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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