Marinated tomato salad with bocconcini

Close your eyes and dream of Italy as you scoff this tomato salad.

Recipe «Marinated tomato salad with bocconcini» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 8 ripe tomatoes, cut into thick wedges, 1 x 500g pkt trussed yellow roma tomatoes, cut into thick wedges, 125ml olive oil, 1 tbsp finely grated lemon rind, 1/2 tsp caster sugar , Salt & freshly ground black pepper, 1 x 500ml btl balsamic vinegar, 1 x 180g tub bocconcini, drained, torn in half , 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves.

Ingredients:

• 8 ripe tomatoes, cut into thick wedges 
• 1 x 500g pkt trussed yellow roma tomatoes, cut into thick wedges 
• 125ml olive oil 
• 1 tbsp finely grated lemon rind 
• 1/2 tsp caster sugar 
• Salt & freshly ground black pepper 
• 1 x 500ml btl balsamic vinegar 
• 1 x 180g tub bocconcini, drained, torn in half 
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves 

Instructions

1. Place tomato, oil, lemon rind and sugar in a bowl, and gently toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 6 hours or overnight to develop the flavours.
2. Place the vinegar in a saucepan and bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 25 minutes or until reduced to about 160ml (2/3 cup) and vinegar is thick and syrupy (take care during the last 5 minutes as it's easy to burn the vinegar). Set aside to cool.
3. Place tomato mixture on a serving platter. Top with bocconcini and sprinkle with basil. Drizzle with balsamic dressing to serve.