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Article: Tricolor Tomato Salad With Lime Sour Cream and Pesto
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 12, 2009
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Tricolor Tomato Salad With Lime Sour Cream and Pesto
4 servings
She's done it again: Last year's first-place Top Tomato winner,
Mary Jo Sweeney of Crownsville, gave us 'Mato Sammidges. This time
her individual layered salads took second place. Sweeney says she
was looking to use up containers of sour cream, pesto and pine nuts -
- all in the service of complementing tomatoes. Her salad looks very
splashy served in a margarita glass.
Some tips from Sweeney: Adjust layered amounts to fit the size of
your serving dishes. Add the lime juice to the sour cream in
increments; a delicate citrus taste works best so it does not
compete with the pesto and the acidity of the tomato. Don't add the
salt ...