Tomato Topping - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 large tomatoes
    4 tablespoons onions (chopped finely)
    3/4 cup of diced old bread
    3 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
    1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (I think this really revves up tomatoes)
    1/4 teaspoon ground pepper, course
    The Water of the Tomato
    water, from the tomato (=6 tablespoons)
    tomato juice (or V8)
    5 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    1 1/2 tablespoons chives, fresh (chopped finely)
    parsley (to garnish)
Preparation
    Half the tomatoes and give them a gentle squeeze into a sieve to release the seeds. Push a spoon to gently press out as much juice as possible. Discard seeds.
    Dice tomato into 1/4 inch pieces.
    Add rest of ingredients, (except for The Water Sauce), mixing gently.
    Measure out 6 tablespoons of tomato water. If you don't have enough, use canned tomato juice or V-8 so you will measure the right amount.
    Put all ingredients for the \"Water of the Tomato\" together and mix to emulsify.
    Serving time comes right now, carefully take a good scoop of tomato tartare mixture and place in the center of a china plate. Or a plastic plate. Whatever you have. But you will have enough for 4 good sized servings for each plate.
    Spoon 1/4 of the tomato water on each serving.
    Garnish with parsley.
    Pretend you are dining with the \"King and Queen\".

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