I love making dressings from fresh ingredients. This tomato thyme dressing is a favorite and serves as a beautiful enhancement to not only salad ingredients, but as a drizzle of flavor for eggs on toast, grilled meats, on a charcuterie board, on burgers ~ and more.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 pint organic tricolored cherry tomatoes (or 3 large red, ripe tomatoes)
- 1 large shallot, rough chopped
- 2 T red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar
- 1 T fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp honey or agave
- 1/2 tsp red-pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/3 C extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 C fresh organic parsley, rough chopped
- 3 T fresh organic thyme, chopped
INSTRUCTIONS
On a parchment lined sheet pan, place tomatoes. Set broiler on high and roast tomatoes until th
e skin is charred and peeling. This should take about 10-12 minutes per side. Remove tomatoes from oven and cool. While cooling add shallot, vinegar, lemon juice, honey, pepper flakes, salt, pepper and olive oil to food processor. Blend until well incorporated and shallot has been chopped down significantly. When tomatoes are cool enough to handle, transfer to food processor, along with parsley and thyme. Pulse ingredients until well incorporated. You can end up with chunkier dressing or blend until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed ~ a little more vinegar or lemon juice or salt or olive oil may be needed depending on your tastes and desired consistency.
e skin is charred and peeling. This should take about 10-12 minutes per side. Remove tomatoes from oven and cool. While cooling add shallot, vinegar, lemon juice, honey, pepper flakes, salt, pepper and olive oil to food processor. Blend until well incorporated and shallot has been chopped down significantly. When tomatoes are cool enough to handle, transfer to food processor, along with parsley and thyme. Pulse ingredients until well incorporated. You can end up with chunkier dressing or blend until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed ~ a little more vinegar or lemon juice or salt or olive oil may be needed depending on your tastes and desired consistency.This dressing is of course great on salads, but consider these ways of enhancing other foods:
- Crostini topped with goat cheese & blistered tomato thyme dressing
- Mix with fresh ricotta and serve with red bell pepper strips, carrots, radishes, snap peas, blanched green beans
- Use as a sauce for grilled meats such as chicken or steak
- Add to a charcuterie board with cheeses and meats
- Guacamole with blistered tomato thyme dressing
- Pasta salads!
- Drizzle over fresh tomato cucumber herb salad – see photo on right
- Drizzle over eggs on toast
