Best Tomato Salad Recipe for a Taste of the Mediterranean Summer
This is the best tomato salad recipe if you want a taste of summer on the Mediterranean and it’s quick and easy to make – so easy that after you make this you’ll never have to look at this recipe again. The key to making this summer salad taste great is top quality ingredients. You want fresh, flavourful produce – sweet cherry tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, fragrant basil – and the best quality virgin olive oil, Greek feta, salt-cured anchovies, and briny capers you can get your hands on.
Servings: 1 Large Bowl
Calories: 1018kcal
Ingredients
- 500 g cherry tomatoes mix of red, yellow and green cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
- 150 g small cucumbers same width as tomatoes, finely sliced in rounds
- 12 black olives chopped in half
- 1 small shallot finely sliced
- 2 tbsp capers
- 4 salt-cured anchovy fillets torn
- 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
- 100 g Greek feta cheese crumbled
- ½ cup fresh Italian basil leaves
Instructions
- Combine the halved cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, black olives, shallots, capers, anchovy fillets and olive oil in a salad bowl.
- Taste and add salt if needed, though it should be salty enough with capers and anchovies and you’re going to be adding salty Greek feta.
- Combine half the basil leaves.
- Spread the salad out onto a large serving plate.
- Sprinkle on the crumbled Greek feta cheese and fresh basil leaves and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 1018kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 90g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 2418mg | Potassium: 1536mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 3797IU | Vitamin C: 123mg | Calcium: 639mg | Iron: 6mg