By Thomas Cenci
Avocados are now ripe in abundance and it’s time to make that famous duo of tomato and avocados.
From salads to salsas, it’s a classic combination that we all love.
Ingredients:
• 1 ripe avocado
• ½ small onion
• 1 small red chilli
• 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• 2 cloves fresh garlic, peeled and chopped
• 15 cherry tomatoes, quartered Read the rest of this entry »
By Thomas Cenci
The Nicoise salad - so simple but yet so tasty.
And what better way to eat a nice and healthy salad than go for one with the works.
You can eat it by itself or serve it with a lovely piece of fish such tuna, salmon or bass. Try putting some hot chicken and bacon pieces through as well (not as healthy but just as mouth watering).
Ingredients:
• 2 boiled eggs
• 2 cooked new potatoes Read the rest of this entry »
By Thomas Cenci
What better way to celebrate the upcoming summer days, than with a nice bowl of chilled Gazpacho soup.
The classic Andalusian dish is traditionally made with a mortar & pestle.
Week old bread and tomatoes are slowly pounded to a paste, and then combined with the olive oil, and finally the vinegar, whilst tasting all the time to make sure it’s right. The mix is then passed through a sieve so there are no seeds. It is then served up chilled and finished with diced garnish of all the ingredients that went inside.
You can make it the traditional way or if you don’t own a mortar and pestle just follow the recipe below.
Ingredients:
• 1 cucumber
• 2 red peppers Read the rest of this entry »
By Thomas Cenci
Yes, tomato sherbet.
This is a great recipe for those of you with that sweet tooth and an eye for decoration and is one of my favourite things to use up any extra tomatoes lying around.
It’s very easy to make and can be stored for a long time, I use it to decorate plates and canapés for any parties I throw, but it can be used for any number of things, especially for impressing your friends with a funky new style to your cooking.
Ingredients:
• Tomatoes (the quantity or type doesn’t matter)
• Sugar Read the rest of this entry »
By Kira Hamman
Looking for a good book to pass the time until the tomatoes are ripe?
Try these:
100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden, by Carolyn Male
This book from Smith & Hawken is, according to Amazon, “for the true tomato snob.” Well, that would be me. Male gives excellent assessments of the relative strengths of the varieties she features, plus tons of information on culture and, of course, mouth-watering photos.
In Praise of Tomatoes
From tomato history to tomato pop culture and everything in between. Brush up on your tomato trivia!
Grow the Best Tomatoes
The Storey guide to growing tomatoes. Storey’s guides are simple, straightforward, and reasonably complete. Plus, Read the rest of this entry »
By Thomas Cenci
I love making pasta dishes, there simple and easy to make (most of the time) and you can do so much with them.
You don’t have to stick to the same old spaghetti, linguine or penne either, why not try making ravioli’s?
It’s easier than you might think, and what better ingredients to use than tomato and ricotta cheese, so just follow the recipe below and enjoy.
Ingredients:
For the pasta
• 3.5 oz pasta flour
• 4 egg yolks Read the rest of this entry »
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