Tomato Caesar
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Tomato Caesar
Recipe by Courtney Roulston
Dietaries: Meat free, vegetarian
Serves: 4 as a side
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
3 medium sized Grandma`s heirloom tomatoes (1 red, 1 yellow, 1 black)
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 super thin slices sourdough bread
Coles Sea salt and Coles black pepper to taste
½ cup basil, leaves picked
Dressing:
1 heaped tablespoon whole egg mayonnaise
2 anchovy fillets, finely minced
½ clove garlic
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Juice and zest of ¼ of a lemon
20g Parmesan cheese, grated from a block, plus extra shavings to serve
METHOD
Heat the oil in a small frying pan. Grill the bread for 1–2 minutes each side, or until golden and crispy. Remove from the pan, season with a pinch of salt and allow to cook before cutting into pieces.
For the dressing mix together the mayonnaise, anchovy, garlic, mustard, lemon and Parmesan cheese until combined.
Slice the tomatoes into 5mm rounds and arrange on a serving platter.
Spoon some of the dressing over the tomatoes then scatter over fried bread. Garnish with basil leaves, shaved Parmesan, cracked pepper and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
