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dressing essentials: summer tomato & honey delight

Andy59 avatar
Recipe by
Andy Anderson !
@Andy59
Wichita, KS

This dressing is a Summer delight. Nice fresh garden tomatoes, lovingly blended with fresh clover honey, and extra virgin olive oil. The base of the recipe comes from my French dressing; however, I lightened it up with fresh clover honey, and left out some of the heat. It’s light, and perfect for those warm Summer days, when you want something to eat, but you don’t want to heat up the kitchen. How about a nice refreshing salad, and how about this dressing? So, you ready… Let’s get into the kitchen.

yield serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For dressing essentials: summer tomato & honey delight

  • PLAN/PURCHASE
  • 1/2 c
    vegenaise, or plain mayonnaise
  • 2 lg
    garden fresh tomatoes
  • 1/2 c
    fresh clover honey
  • 2 Tbsp
    yellow onion, chopped
  • 1/4 tsp
    kosher salt, or to taste
  • 1/4 tsp
    white pepper, freshly ground, or to taste
  • 1/4 tsp
    smoked paprika
  • 1/2 c
    olive oil, extra virgin

How To Make dressing essentials: summer tomato & honey delight

  • 1
    PREP/PREPARE
  • 2
    Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
  • 3
    Blanch, peel, roughly chop the tomatoes, and drain the excess liquid.
  • 4
    Add all the ingredients, except the olive oil, to a blender, or food processor fitted with an S-Blade.
  • 5
    Blend until the ingredients are completely liquefied.
  • 6
    Chef’s Note: I’m using white pepper; as opposed to black pepper because it has a nice sweet heat.
  • 7
    Chef’s Note: You can’t over-blend this dressing, so go for it.
  • 8
    Leaving the blender on high, slowly drizzle the olive oil into the ingredients, until they begin to thicken slightly.
  • 9
    Chef’s Note: Slowly adding oil in this manner is called creating an emulsion.
  • 10
    Cover, and place in the fridge overnight before using for the first time.
  • 11
    Chef’s Note: This dressing will stay fresh in the fridge for 5 to 7 days… that is, if it lasts that long.
  • 12
    PLATE/PRESENT
  • 13
    Serve over some fresh Summer greens. Enjoy.
  • 14
    Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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