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Single Tomato Lunch Salad with Soft-Boiled Eggs

A juicy tomato salad with mint, dill, red onion and Kalamata olives dressed in red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and sugar, topped with soft-boiled eggs. It gets better as it sits and the tomatoes release their juices — a fork-and-knife kind of lunch.

⏱ 17 min1Mediterraneantomatosaladsoft-boiled eggsgarden tomatoessummer

Ingredients

  • 1beefsteak tomato · cut into chunks
  • —fresh mint · chopped; not too much, it can be overpowering
  • —fresh dill · chopped; not too much, it can be overpowering
  • —sliced onion
  • —Kalamata olives · roughly chopped
  • —red wine vinegar
  • —olive oil
  • —salt
  • —sugar · a little, to balance
  • —eggs · soft boiled

Steps

  1. 1

    Chop the mint and dill and add them to a bowl, using a light hand with both since they can be overpowering.

  2. 2

    Cut the tomato into chunks and add it to the bowl.

  3. 3

    Add the sliced onion and roughly chopped Kalamata olives.

  4. 4

    Dress with red wine vinegar, a little olive oil, a little salt and a little sugar, then toss to combine.

  5. 5

    Let the salad sit so the tomatoes release their juices and the onion mellows — it's good right away but better after resting.

  6. 6

    Meanwhile, soft boil the eggs, then peel and add them to the salad. Serve with a fork and knife to catch all the juices.

Creator's notes

Justine makes this when her garden has her eating a tomato a day. She used a beefsteak tomato that looks like a baby heirloom. It's good right away, but improves as it sits and the juices come out. She was tempted to add feta but resisted.

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