Rustic tomato salad with boeuf de coeur tomatoes

One of the contents of the crate this week were coeur de boeuf tomatoes.

The coeur de boeuf tomato is not just a tomato with a special appearance, but it's also has delightful taste. With this tomato the ripening process of tomato starts at the inside going out. The fruit is ripe and tasty even though it still can be a bit green. It's is strongly ribbed, has sloping sides and is light in colour. The coeur de boeuf is not only perculiar for its taste, also the heart-shaped, light coloured appearance is characteristic and distinguishes itself by the full flesh and excess juice and acid content. Unlike traditional tomatoes, this fruit has an optimal flavour when most of the peel is still green. The Coeur de Boeuf has a fruit weight of 180 to 200 grams. This tomato is suitable for many uses.

For this rustic salad chop up some different types of tomatoes among them the coeur de boeuf, some red, green & red striped, yellow and purple cherry tomatoes, tasty toms, or whatever else kind of tomatoes you might have lying around.

Whack up a dressing of 3 parts good  olive oil, 1 part balsamic vinegar, drizzle of honey (to bring out the sweetness of the tomatoes) some sea salt and coarsely grounded pepper. The salt is a must, because it will help extract the juices from the tomatoes and mix in with the dressing. Chop up 2 or 2 spring onions into finely slices rings. Then cut some of the cherry tomatoes in halves, the larger ones in quaters and chop up the coeur de boeuf tomatoes roughly. Don't worry about it being in perfect shape or not. The rustic appearance of this salad comes from the different cutting methods and the uneven pieces of the tomatoes.
Now mix the tomatoes with the dressing. Tear up some fresh basil leaves and mix in.

Serve with some sour dough bread or a burgundy floor bread. Use the bread to dip in the dressing and juices.

Bon Apetit !