Parma ham and tomato salad with truffled pear dressing

January 24, 2018
Parma ham and tomato salad with truffled pear dressing

Some call them love apples; others, the devil’s fruit… Even if they are simply tomatoes to you, we’ve given them a luscious and delectable makeover and created this yummy salad!

Recipe and styling by Jacques Erasmus

Parma ham and tomato salad with truffled pear dressing

Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 pears
  • 10ml (2 tsp) white wine vinegar
  • 5ml (1 tsp) truffle oil
  • 45ml (3 tbsp) olive oil
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 loaf rye bread, cut into thin slices
  • 600g assorted tomatoes, cut into slices and quarters
  • 100g watercress
  • 180g buffalo mozzarella
  • 45g caperberries, drained
  • 200g Parma ham

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

2

For the dressing, put the pears through a juicer. Add the vinegar, truffle oil, olive oil and black pepper.

3

Heat the rye slices in the oven until crisp and allow to cool.

4

Arrange the rye slices, tomatoes, watercress, mozzarella, caperberries and Parma ham on a large platter, and generously spoon over the dressing.

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