America’s Test Kitchen: The perfect picnic side dish
This recipe is designed for peak-oftheseason, perfectly ripe tomatoes and peaches from your garden or a local farm. It’s perfect for heirloom fruits — a term used to describe varieties that can’t withstand the rigors of long-distance shipping and are therefore locally grown and readily found at farmers markets. If you like, serve this salad with crusty bread to sop up the dressing.
Summer Tomato and Peach Salad
Serves 4 to 6
3 ripe tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon plus 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
2 small ripe peaches
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon minced shallot
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon pepper
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