Marinated Tomato Salad

It’s hard to beat this salad, made from ripe, red tomatoes from your own garden!

(for 4 servings)

Ingredients

• 5 - 6 tomatoes
• 1 tsp sugar
• ¼ - ½ tsp salt
• black pepper to taste
• few drops Tabasco sauce
• 2 – 3 tsp wine vinegar
• 1 Tbsp chopped basil
• 1 – 2 Tbsp olive or canola oil (optional)

Method

Slice, quarter or cube the tomatoes into a serving dish.

About 10 – 15 minutes before serving, sprinkle the remaining ingredients, in the order given, over the tomatoes. Toss lightly and leave to stand at room temperature.

Note: Replace basil with fresh coriander leaves or parsley.

This recipe is reproduced from ‘Sensational Salads’ by Simon and Alison Holst, published by Hyndman Publishing.