Roasted Tomatoes with Cherry Vinaigrette & Thyme
Prep time: 10-15 mins
Cooking time: 25 mins
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients:
- 4 roma tomatoes, core removed and cut in half
- 3cm ginger, piece
- 2 tablespoon (40ml) balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 180g fresh ricotta, drained
For the Cherry Vinaigrette:
- 2 tablespoons black cherry jam. See notes
- 2 tablespoons Honeycup mustard. you can
purchase this from Harris Farm Markets. See
notes.
- 2 tablespoons (40ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons (20ml) raspberry vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- cracked pepper to taste
Garnish:
- Thyme leaves, micro/edible flowers/ lemon balm
to garnish
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan).
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Lay
tomatoes cut side up. Evenly grate ginger over
the tomatoes with a microplane. Evenly drizzle
over olive oil and balsamic vinegar with salt and
pepper. - Place in the oven for 25 minutes. Let cool for
5 minutes and transfer to a serving platter. - In a jar with a lid add all the vinaigrette
ingredients. Secure lid and give it a good shake
to combine ingredients. - Using a teaspoon, evenly dollop ricotta onto
the baked tomatoes. Drizzle vinaigrette over the
top. Garnish with thyme, micro herbs or lemon
balm.
*You can replace black cherry jam with fig jam, sour cherry jam or raspberry (seedless) jam.
You will find Honeycup mustard condiment, 227g jar at Harris Farm markets