Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
Is there anything more ‘summer’ than a tomato salad? Using plump, ripe tomatoes and all the unique flavours of a Bloody Mary this will be on high rotation when the heat turns up.
Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
If you have ever wished that your cocktail would somehow transform into a salad, well this is your lucky day. This is a Bloody Mary recipe without tomato juice, instead uses fresh tomatoes as the main ingredient and fennel for an added aniseed flavour. It calls for the usual suspects of a Bloody Mary, vodka, lemon juice, Worcestershire, and smoked tabasco plus the addition of fennel and capers for added complexity and awesomeness.
Yes, in the fridge, it’s delicious the next day because the flavours have marinated together.
Yes, substitute Worcestershire for a vegan variety.
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Ingredients and substitutions
How to make it - step by step!
In a small jar with a lid, throw in the vodka, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, smoked tabasco, olive oil, celery salt, and black pepper. Close the lid and give it a good shake.
Slice the tomato into rounds, the smaller cherry tomatoes in halves and the fennel, cut in half then finely slice.
Lay out the sliced heirloom tomatoes, halved cherry tomatoes and sliced fennel on a platter and scatter over salt and pepper.
Shake to emulsify the dressing again, then pour over the tomatoes and fennel. You won’t need to use all of the dressing.
Scatter over capers, basil leaves, celery leaves and fennel fronds.
In a small jar with a lid, throw in the vodka, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, smoked tabasco, olive oil, celery salt, and black pepper. Close the lid and give it a good shake.
Slice the tomato into rounds, the smaller cherry tomatoes in halves and the fennel, cut in half then finely slice.
Lay out the sliced heirloom tomatoes, halved cherry tomatoes and sliced fennel on a platter and scatter over salt and pepper.
Shake to emulsify the dressing again, then pour over the tomatoes and fennel. You won’t need to use all of the dressing.
Scatter over capers, basil leaves, celery leaves and fennel fronds.
Watch the how to video
Watch the how to video
Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
Salad ingredients
- 5 heirloom tomatoes
- 6-7 cherry tomatoes (different colours)
- 2 tbsp capers
- 1 small fennel (or half big one), trimmed
- ¼ cup fennel fronds
- ½ cup basil leaves
- ¼ cup little Internal celery leaves
- Pinch of sea salt
Dressing
- 60ml vodka
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp worcestershire
- ½ to 1 tsp smoked tabasco (depending on heat tolerance)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- Pinch of celery salt
- Pinch of black pepper
- Mix together the dressing ingredients in a small jar with a lid, shake to emulsify
- Slice tomatoes and fennel
- Place the sliced tomatoes and fennel onto a platter, season with salt and pepper
- Drizzle the dressing over the tomatoes
- Top with capers, basil leaves, celery leaves and fennel fronds.