Heirloom Tomato Napoleon with Maytag Blue Cheese Crumbles
Our Heirloom Tomato Napoleon is a simple salad of sliced tomatoes seasoned lightly with salt/pepper and stacked into towers layered with Maytag blue cheese crumbles and fresh watercress. Each tomato Napoleon was topped off with thinly sliced red onion and drizzled with a dressing of olive oil and lemon juice.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 3 medium heirloom tomatoes about 1 pound, any color
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 4 ounces Maytag blue cheese or cheese of choice
- 1 bunch fresh watercress or 1 cup arugula leaves
- 1/2 medium red onion thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 lemon juiced
Instructions
- Cut each tomato into 4 equal slices. Place the bottom tomato slices on 4 individual salad plates and sprinkle each tomato slice lightly with salt and pepper.
- Add the blue cheese to a small saucer and with a fork pick it into crumbles.
- Place a few crumbles of blue cheese and some of the watercress sprigs on each of the tomato slices. Repeat the layers two more times.
- In a small dish whisk the olive oil and lemon juice together and drizzle 1 tablespoon over each tomato Napoleon.
- Top each tomato Napoleon with sliced red onion. Serve with crusty sourdough bread.
Notes
- Heirloom tomatoes grow in funny misshapes but it will not affect their taste. It is ok if they have scars and are not ‘perfect and beautiful’. As long as there is no breaks in their skins or bruised, mushy areas they are safe to eat.
- Pick it up and get a feel for weight, it should feel heavy for its size. That heaviness will give you an idea of the juiciness of the fruit.
- Take a sniff at the stem section as a ripe heirlooms should have an earthy, tomato scent. Do not buy it if it smells musty.
- Avoid pressing it as it will cause bruising. Don't pile heirloom tomatoes on top of each other. The weight of too many tomatoes can result in squashed tomatoes.
- Store the tomatoes at room temperature. Do not refrigerated the tomatoes. A temperature lower than 50 degrees will destroy both flavor and texture.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 454mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g
