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Christmas Tomato Salad

You need:
150 grams feta cheese
150 grams ricotta
1 tablespoon finely chopped chives
2 teaspoons good quality mayonnaise
Freshly ground black pepper
4 large or 6 medium firm but ripe vine-ripened tomatoes
2 handfuls baby spinach or rocket, washed and dried
4-6 tablespoons vinaigrette with a tablespoon balsamic vinegar added
1-2 tablespoon basil or coriander pesto

Method:
Combine the feta, ricotta, mayonnaise, pepper and chives to make a spreadable filling.

Wash and dry the tomatoes.

Slice a very thin slice from the base of the tomatoes so that they will stand steadily on the serving plate.

Slice each tomato horizontally into 4 equal slices.

Place the bottom of the tomato on an individual serving plate and spread with a layer of the cheese filling then top with the next slice of tomato.

Repeat until the tomato is reassembled. Try and keep the outside skin of the tomato free from smudges of the cheese filling.

Do the same with the remaining tomatoes.

Just prior to serving toss the leaves in the vinaigrette mixture and place around the tomatoes.
Drizzle a little pesto around the plates and over the tomatoes.

This is also a lovely different salad for the Christmas period. Using fruit in a salad gives it another dimension of flavour and a bit of zing.

We have such beautiful fruit available to us here in Australia at this time of year we should make good use of it.