Job number one for making this salad is to choose quality tomatoes. The question is, how do you know you’ve got a good one? Here are a few pointers to help you score some standup produce food:
- Buy locally grown tomatoes if you can find them. Farmers’ markets, local farm stands, specialty markets, or your own backyard garden are your best bets. That said, I’ve brought home tasty tomatoes from Costco, Trader Joe’s, and my neighborhood supermarket. สมัคร ufabet
- Look for heirloom varieties, which tend to be juicy and full of flavor. Plus, the rainbow of colors makes for a gorgeous plate. I also like the Early Girl variety as well as Sungold cherry tomatoes (which are pretty to scatter over the sliced tomatoes).
- Buy tomatoes that are fairly firm to the touch, but not hard. You want a little “give” when you press down with your thumb.
- The fruit should feel heavy for its size and have a sweet earthy scent when you give it a whiff near the stem.
- Avoid tomatoes with blemishes, dark spots, or deep cracks that may be hard to trim around.
Once you’ve got home, store at room temperature out of direct sunlight with the stem side down until fully ripe.
Once ripe, store in the fridge if you’re not going to eat them right away. If you slice into a real dud, there’s not much you can do to rescue it. I’d suggest roasting sub-par to use for pasta sauces or sandwiches rather than using for a salad.