Tomato and olive salad
You might look at this and wonder why this needs to sit aside for an hour, the answer is the fridge whilst wonderful for preserving food, really does mask the wonderful tomato taste. Make the first part and taste a tomato then put aside out of the fridge for an hour and taste again, you will not believe the difference
Ingredients
250g good cherry tomatoes on the vine
½ tsp flaked salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2-3 tbsps olive oil
3-4 tbsps kalamata olives
Method
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and put into a bowl. Add salt to taste tomatoes can really take a nice amount and flaked is best but if you only have fine salt, just reduce the amount a little. Add a good grind of black pepper and the olive oil. Mix, cover and put to one side for an hour.
Cut your olives in half, fold through the tomatoes, check the seasoning and serve.