A Lycopersicon Esculentum As Well As “Dirt” Salad You’Ll Actually Dig

It’s non odd for me to pocket a recipe take in from a local restaurant, but it’s non everyday that I’m inspired past times something I swallow at a bowling alley. This happened late at the Mission Bowling Club, a fun in addition to funky, six-lane bowling alley located simply a few blocks from our home, which despite the cacophony, features some of the City’s best bites.

In improver to an otherworldly fried chicken appetizer, in addition to a “granulated,” aged beef burger some (including my married adult woman Michele) consider the best inwards the City, the MBC likewise features daily specials, in addition to i such offering was described every bit an “heirloom Lycopersicon esculentum salad topped with a crispy rye crumble.”

That sounded nifty to us, in addition to our server vouched for its excellence, in addition to therefore nosotros happily included it with our starters. What nosotros didn’t know at the time, was that our server had defied the kitchen in addition to refused to purpose the dish’s official name, “tomatoes in addition to dirt.”

She made this stunning admission every bit nosotros raved most its deliciousness, in addition to admitted to going rogue in addition to changing the cite because she simply didn’t intend that “dirt” sounded appetizing. What?! I take in this plate of tomatoes in addition to “dirt” was simply most the most creative matter I’d heard/seen/tasted inwards a while.

I was this simply about going into that kitchen, ratting her out, in addition to perchance getting a costless dessert for my trouble, but take in ameliorate of it, in addition to decided to quietly complete the salad, knowing that I would portion it here, muddied cite in addition to all.  Anyway, this is my version, in addition to I promise you lot compass this a elbow grease soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for four Small Portions:

8 oz burrata cheese, or fresh ricotta

Enough freshly sliced tomatoes for four portions

Wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, tabular array salt in addition to pepper to taste

Fresh sliced basil leaves

For the crumbs:

2 tbsp olive oil, to a greater extent than if needed

3 large chocolate-brown mushrooms, minced fine

big pinch of salt

3 slices of nighttime rye, made into crumbs

1 rounded tablespoon solid soil almonds (aka almond meal, almond flour, or simply trounce your own)