Our Recipes

Dragon Spring Heirloom Tomato Salad

Makes about 4 servings

This dish visually highlights the wonderful range of colors found in heirloom tomatoes, and can be easily adapted for any number of servings or tastes, such as using different cheeses. It’s also great served with grilled bread; just rub thick slices of crusty bread with raw, peeled garlic cloves, brush the slices with olive oil, and grill for about two minutes a side.

1 / 3 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 cup currant or grape tomatoes, halved

1 / 2 cup chopped green onions

10 medium size Dragon Spring heirloom tomatoes of assorted colors, cored and thinly sliced

1 small red onion, peeled, sliced very thin

3 celery stalks, trimmed, sliced thin on diagonal

1-1 / 2 cups coarsely crumbled blue cheese

salt and pepper to taste

Combine oil, currant tomatoes, and green onion in a medium-sized bowl, and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Overlap slices of the larger tomatoes in concentric circles on a platter, alternating colors, shapes, etc.

Scatter onion and celery over tomatoes, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Spoon tomato and green onion mixture over the platter, then sprinkle with crumbled blue cheese.