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Who does not love the fragrance and taste of freshly picked tomatoes! This heirloom tomato salad with aged goat cheese has the taste of summer. With just a few components of tomatoes, goat cheese and crisp prosciutto you can toss it together in minutes.
Heirloom tomatoes are so interesting, they grow in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes and the flavors are different as well. For example in this salad the red tomato is more acidic than the yellow tomato and the yellow has a slight sweetness to it.
I do not know the names of these particular heirloom tomatoes but I liked the shapes and colors and they smelled like they had just been picked from the vine. Look for heirloom tomatoes in the local farmers’ markets and treat yourself to a taste of summer.
Goat cheese can be aged into hard cheeses that you can slice like an aged cheddar or the soft spreadable cheese that we are so familiar with. The shorter aging process produces a tangy delightful cheese that we usually see shaped into small logs to be spread on crackers.
Humboldt Fog® is an aged goat cheese that is firmer than the creamy logs and it slices up nicely. It is formed into a small, round, thick cake with a layer of ash in the middle that shows in slices and adds an element of mystery and uniqueness. Humboldt Fog® lends well to most fruits and is always a favorite on our cheese boards.
To create this wonderful and beautiful salad we combined thick slices of the two varieties of heirloom tomatoes and added a thick slice of the creamy aged Humboldt Fog® aged goat cheese, several crisp ‘shingles’ of salty prosciutto and a handful of spicy radish microgreens. The flavors of juicy/sweet, creamy/tangy, crisp/salty and crunchy/spicy all compliment each other deliciously. The golden balsamic vinaigrette brings it all together in one of summer’s best-tasting salads.
You might also like these salads:
- strawberry walnut salad
- Roasted Baby Beet Salad with Feta Cheese
- Grilled Eggplant Salad
- arugula Burrata Salad
- shrimp Louie
- sugar snap pea salad
- tri tip steak salad
- jicama slaw
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Ingredients
- 6 ounces prosciutto
- 2 large fresh red heirloom tomatoes
- 2 medium fresh yellow tomatoes
- 4 thick slices Humboldt Fog® aged goat cheese
- 1 cup fresh radish microgreens
For the Golden Balsamic Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup golden balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, grated or minced
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F and line a small baking sheet with foil. Set a wire rack on the foil and lay the thin slices of prosciutto on the rack. Roast for about 5 minutes or until crisp. Transfer from the oven and place on paper towels to absorb any oil residue.
For the Vinaigrette:
- Add the vinegar, oil, garlic, salt and pepper to a mason jar, put the lid on and shake to blend.
To assemble the individual salads:
- Cut each tomato crosswise into four thick slices. Arrange one slice of the red tomato on each of four salad plates. Arrange a yellow tomato slice on top of the red tomato at an angle. Spoon a portion of vinaigrette on each serving of tomatoes and add a generous slice of the aged goat cheese alongside. Add an equal portion of the prosciutto 'shingles' to the top of each salad and garnish with 1/4 cup of the radish microgreens.
Nutrition
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What a lovely tomato salad, Pat! Love the ingredients you used!
Hi, Sabrina…yes, we must enjoy these great heirloom tomatoes any way we can while the season lasts. This salad is a perfect lunch treat or starter to a dinner. Thanks for the comments 🙂
Even pictures can be seen how juicy and flavorful these tomatoes! Goat cheese and prosciutto perfectly complement this gorgeous salad, one of my favorites, no joke 🙂
Thank you, Klauss….That crispy, salty wafer of prosciutto on top is so delicious on this great salad!
I love all of the cheeses from Cypress Grove Creamery. Their Midnight Moon is my absolute FAVORITE, but Humboldt Fog is a great choice for a delicious summer salad. YUM!
Thanks for the tip, Marianne….I have not tried the Midnight Moon yet….I will check it out! :L)
This is the way I love to eat in summer, add a glass or two of wine and I call it dinner!
Thanks, Sue….Yes, that makes a great dinner, especially on a hot day when we don’t want to spend time in the kitchen. 🙂
There’s nothing like gorgeous summer tomatoes! This looks so delicious! That cheese! Yum!
Hi, Valentina…Yes, I totally agree with you on those tomatoes! And freshly picked right from your garden, WoW!
I love this salad. Those tomatoes look fantastic. My sons favourite food is easily tomatoes so I have to make this for him.
Hi, Cristi….If he loves tomatoes he will surely enjoy this salad…:)
I love everything about this salad! It makes me want to go right down to the farm stand as soon as the tomatoes are ripe. I don’t know if that cheese is available here, but I’ll have to look for it.
Thank you Annemarie, the Humboldt Fog cheese can usually be found in the cheese display area where they have the cut/wrapped chunks of cheese. It is a 4-inch round package wrapped in white paper. You will love the intense flavor and creamy texture.
I could have this salad everyday for the whole summer 🙂
Hi, Claudia..This is a great summer salad. I think even as long as heirloom tomatoes are available we will be enjoying this. 🙂
Love Humboldt Fog! We serve it often, typically as part of a cheese plate. Really should use it in a salad. Love heirloom tomatoes, too, and I can already taste how well they pair with the cheese. Thanks!
John this is a great summer salad and so easy to put together! 🙂