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Tomato Salad with Stracciatella Cheese

This dish is the perfect combination of Australian native ingredients and classic Italian tradition. I’ve marinated the tomatoes in Warndu’s delicious wattleseed balsamic vinegar and native thyme oil, topping both with stracciatella cheese. Warndu uses this country’s native plants, nuts, seeds and proteins and each of these will create meaningful meals, meals that are local and seasonal in the true sense of words.

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ingredients

500g ox heart tomatoes
200g Stracciatella cheese
2 tbsp Warndu wattleseed balsamic vinegar
12 rocket leaves
8 basil leaves torn
Sea salt
Pepper
4 tbsp Warndu native thyme oil
Freshly cracked pepper

Steps

Cut the tomatoes across ways, so you get what resembles a tomato steak. Place the tomatoes in a tray. Sprinkle with sea salt, cracked black pepper and vinegar. Set aside to marinate for 10 minutes
Fold in the stracciatella cheese and basil leaves. Season with fresh cracked pepper set aside
To serve place the tomatoes on a serving plate, top with stracciatella cheese. Dress the plate with rocket leaves and native thyme oil. Perfectly suited with some warm crusty bread

The Gifts That Give online store is stocked with a range of foodie treasures by businesses for social good that have all had a helping hand by ING Dreamstarter – an initiative that helps launch and grow local businesses with a social conscience.

One of those businesses is Warndu who is inspiring people to use more native Australian foods in their recipes – and I’ve created a simple summer salad below. This dish is the perfect combination of Australian native ingredients and classic Italian tradition. I’ve marinated the tomatoes in Warndu’s delicious wattleseed balsamic vinegar and native thyme oil, topping both with stracciatella cheese. Warndu uses this country’s native plants, nuts, seeds and proteins and each of these will create meaningful meals; meals that are local and seasonal in the true sense of words.

To find out more about other Dreamstarters including Crema Joe and Eat Me Chutneys, head to the Gifts That Give online store: Here

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