Heirloom Tomato, Avocado and Burrata Salad on Grilled Garlic Toast.
How summer cliché can we be?
It’s that time of year again – when I try to convince you that placing sliced tomatoes on bread is a recipe. It is! I swear.
No really.
Ha. Though it does seem like every single summer I share something slightly ridiculous and embarrassingly easy, but ideal for the hot hot hot weather when snacks and wine make up the best July dinner.
P.S. the hottest day of the year so far yesterday called for two ice cream cones. Maybe? And the hottest pink nail polish I could find. What about you?
Tons of salt, pepper and tomatoes. Tastes like summer!
I’m a sucker for no recipe recipes. And it’s reeeeeally rare that I make something so super quick and share it the next day on the blog; often I try to be a few weeks ahead so I can get enough recipe testing in.
But. We had this for dinner last night and I was like… no. No no no no no. I cannot even wait to share this seemingly boring (but so not) snack or app or quintessential summer dinner with my invisible internet friends.
(Can I still call you that?)
So yes, it does look rather plan but there is loads of flavor hiding under all the summer fun. Specifically roasted garlic oil and a chimichurri/pesto hybrid herby dressing thing.
Oh. Also. I forgot about roasted garlic cloves in my oven THREE DAYS IN A ROW.
You don’t even want to know what my house smelled like. Horribly burnt garlic. Three times.
Like three days? Why can’t I just get it together? And I only remembered the fourth time because it wasn’t even me remembering – I had to ask Eddie to remind me when the oven beeped.
Hmmmm. What else does this bread have?
BURRATA. Yes yes yes. So creamy and wonderful.
I would like to live inside of a burrata ball. Use it as a big fat pillow or a trampoline into a vat of pesto.
The ingredients are piled high on some of my favorite toasty talonica bread. Rustic and chewy and fantastic. Kind of like panzanella, but the salad stuff is ON the bread.
And. This is something huge. HUGE. Back when I started this blog, I didn’t totally enjoy onions that much. I always cooked with them because how do you leave out a layer of flavor like that? You know? But plain? Meh.
However. Eddie would take a bite of a raw onion like an apple. Whaaaaaaaat. I couldn’t fathom such a thing. I still can’t. But these days, I am totally enjoying it when it’s diced finally in salsas or salads – or sliced super thinly and layered on tomatoes with some sort of cheese. I don’t know if I like this part of me. The oniony part.
What is the most summery thing you are filling your beautiful face with at the moment? I’m also giddy over more sliced tomatoes, blue cheese and balsamic. Grilled corn out the wahzoo. BBQ ribs – I can’t stop.
And all the cheeses, of course.
Heirloom Tomato, Avocado and Burrata Salad on Grilled Garlic Toast
Ingredients
- 1 large baguette, sliced in half
- 6 tablespoons roasted garlic oil
- 3 to 4 heirloom tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 2 avocado, thinly sliced
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 balls fresh burrata cheese
- fresh basil and oregano leaves for topping
quick herb drizzled
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons fresh oregano
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
- pinch of salt and pepper
- 1/3 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Heat the grill on the highest setting. Once hot, place the bread cut-side down on the grates until golden brown and toasty. Remove from the grill and place on a large baking sheet. Drizzle the toast with the roasted garlic oil, about 3 tablespoons for each side. Layer on the sliced tomatoes and avocado. I like to liberally season the tomatoes and avocado at this point.
- Add on the sliced red onion – as much or little as you’d like. I drizzle about half the herb dressing on now, then cover the top with pulled burrata. Drizzle the rest of the herb dressing on. Cover with the fresh basil and oregano leaves. A sprinkle more of salt and pepper if you’d like – and serve!
quick herb drizzle
- Add the herbs, vinegar, salt and pepper to a food processor or blender. Blend until the herbs are finely chopped. Stream in the olive oil until the mixture comes together.
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It’s a tomato treadmill.
100 Comments on “Heirloom Tomato, Avocado and Burrata Salad on Grilled Garlic Toast.”
Oh hello summer on grilly, perfect bread, I want to shovel you into my face ALL day long because you’re so fresh and delicious! This toast looks amazing! And I also love “no recipe” recipes like this! Pinned!
Oh yeah, we’re internet friends. Knew it. This is a recipe. Not embarrassing. IF every recipe was as hard as some I’ve seen on the net, who would cook? We’d all go to Chipotle every night. And it would be cheaper. Plus, this is pretty nutritious. Still trying to loose those “5 not so manly vanity pounds” Wife says donuts are for looking at, not for eating….not around the waist. Oh well.
I so need this in my life – bread,garlic and cheese are always a winning combo. PLus your tomatoes look amazing!
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These are my FAVE type of recipes. Love this so much! And I totally approve of raw-onion-eating Jess.
roasted garlic oil and a chimichurri/pesto hybrid herby dressing thing — ohhh gaawwwdddd
burrata … dead
and all the colours …. heaven.
In other words, I loving this recipe/non-recipe ( which makes it actually the best kind of recipe in my books)
Dear God. Come to Mama!!!
Never apologize for tomatoes on bread!
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I think you should have made this into one of those 6-foot subs you can order for parties. Do that, call me, and see you soon. ;) This is so gorgeous!
summer cliché me up scotty. i’m all over this.
This looks amazing! i just love your recipes…so glad I found your blog!!
ughhhhh oh my gosh this looks deilghtful. avo. heirlooms. burratta.
yassssss…..
Easy or not, people needed to know about this recipe!! It’ looks gorgeous. The pictures are phenomenal, my brain hit the breaks when I saw them! Not to mention I’m a tomato fiend so this is perfect for me! In fact, we’re having salmon for dinner tonight and this sounds like a perfect side! Yay!
Yes this is a recipe, and a perfect one, that rainbow of heirloom tomatoes is all I want to eat this summer!
This reminds me of those “salad” pizzas you can order in some pizza restaurants… but SO much more fresh flavor and healthy deliciousness. Pinned! :)
Looks so good! about the roasted garlic- when I used to live with two girlfriends, we once found a really really burnt garlic bread in the oven. No one could even remember making it… Haha. So don’t feel bad.
I’m working on the raw onion thing, too. Doesn’t anyone else notice how stinky they are? Even after you take them off a salad, the lettuce is still oniony. ew.
So there I was reading the post, devouring the pictures, scanning the recipe, and then you hit me: “it’s a tomato treadmill” Hahaha Literally LAUGHED OUT LOUD! Thanks for the Monday giggles and of course the awesome recipe, too!
Oh yeah. Totally a recipe. Thanks for reminding me that I need to take advantage of tomatoes this summer, I love having just tomatoes and bread for a meal and of course a giant dollop of cheese.
I pretty much already know this is going to be delicious, but I can’t believe how pretty it is too. I’ve been stuffing my face with a lot of summer corn on the cob lately…I think it would go nicely with this!
she’s a beaut!!
I’m actually looking for any excuse to turn on my oven. Roasted garlic oil seems like a good reason. Too bad it won’t go with tomatoes for a few more months. I miss summer…I’ll just have to live vicariously through you until December.
I could live on this toast, those heirlooms are gorgeous!
That looks so pretty! Wish I liked sliced tomatoes – the seeds make me want to gag.
Hope you had a great weekend chica! :D
This is so perfect for summer and it looks so good!
xoxo
It’s look really tasty and simple to prepare. I love having just tomatoes and bread for a meal
This is GORGEOUS! Also, I LOVE this kind of recipe. YUM! I kinda want to buy all the ingredients and take/make it at work to make all my coworkers jealous ;)
Happy you’re coming around to onions!
ummm. i can’t find my socks… CAUSE YOU KNOCKED THEM OFF.
^ welp, that was a horribly embarrassing dad (grandma?) joke….
but seriously jess, THE COLORS.
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This looks so colourful and yummy!
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¡Estupenda receta! Fácil de elaborar y deliciosa, con unas buenas fotografías, no veo el momento de prepararla. Gracias por compartirla.
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This looks luscious!! Hold the avocado, tho, can’t stand em! Burrata is new to me, but its cheese, love cheese.. Maybe some feta, ricotta, sliced baby ball mozz, and a lot of this stuff! Oh, and more Max!!!! He is so adorable!!!!
I’m just confused how you found literally the most beautiful tomatoes I’ve ever seen and sliced them into the most perfect slices ever. This is why you’re my favorite.
I could never resist fresh tomato slices with cheese on bread. I could, like, inhale this. It looks so good.
This was so useful to learn from this blog. Thanks for sharing.
This is basically all of my favourite ingredients from summer in one recipe. Would make great bruschetta.
Emma x
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You have to love the best, freshest summer tomatoes! This looks like such a good way to eat as many of them as possible. :)
This is like a super sophisticated caprese sandwich. So pretty too! I can’t wait to try this recipe out and sink my teeth right in. Yum!
ALL OF THE CLICHES. lets bask in them and eat this while we do :)
Look at the rainbow medley of tomatoes. Delish! Can’t wait for tomatoes to be in season again in a few months (it’s currently winter here in Aust)
it is so delicious. I have to try to do it :)
This is so gorgeous and looks ridiculously delicious! Summer is definitely the time for simple recipes that let the natural flavor of ingredients shine!
Hi Jessica – I don’t like raw onions either so my boyfriend (admittedly the head chef at my house) quickly marinates red onions in vinegar plus a little salt & pepper. He usually uses cider or red wine vinegar but any kind works. They just soak in there while he’s making the rest of the meal and it totally takes that onion-y bite out of them. Done this way, they have a much milder flavor that I actually enjoy on sammies, burgers, etc. I bet you would too. Thanks for the recipe!
Almost too pretty to eat! Almost!!!
Hi, I tried this and it came out really good. The kids loved it too! Thanks a lot for sharing this recipe.
just perfect ! i’m getting hungry already
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Made a variation of this for dinner yesterday, adjusting the recipe to what I had on hand. My husband inhaled almost the whole baguette! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Tapas, toast, sandwiches, ice cream and cool Summery adult beverages is where it’s at! Simple is good yet how decadent and enticing do those gorgeous tomatoes look – especially with those beautiful purple onion rings… Thank you for your inspiration my dear!
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