Corn and Tomato Salad with Torn Croutons

Name: Corn and Tomato Salad with Torn Croutons
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean, Italian
Ingredients: Kernels cut from 3 ears sweet corn, plus the milky pulp scraped from the cob (about 2 cups total); 1 pound tomatoes (all shapes and colors), cored and cut into wedges or chunks, or whatever looks pretty; 3 to 4 scallions, trimmed (including ½ inch off the green tops),sliced on a sharp angle, soaked in ice water for 20 minutes, and drained well; ¼ cup red wine vinegar; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups Torn Croutons; ½ cup pistachios, toasted and roughly chopped; ½ cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese; 1 handful basil leaves; 1 handful mint leaves; Extra-virgin olive oil

3 steps

This is a perfect hot-summer midweek meal, for which so little effort is required for such delicious reward. I love the crispness of the raw corn, but you can also make this dish by grilling whole ears of corn before cutting off the kernels.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:17:16 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories347.9 kcal (17%)

Total Fat17.3 g (25%)

Carbs40.8 g (16%)

Sugars10.9 g (12%)

Protein13.3 g (27%)

Sodium480.3 mg (24%)

Fiber6.4 g (23%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

3 earssweet corn

kernels cut from, plus the milky pulp scraped from the cob

1 poundtomatoes

all shapes and colors, cored and cut into wedges or chunks, or whatever looks pretty

3scallions

trimmed, including 1/2 inch off the green tops, sliced on a sharp angle, soaked in ice water for 20 minutes, and drained well

¼ cupred wine vinegar

kosher salt

freshly ground black pepper

2 cupscroutons

torn

½ cuppistachios

toasted and roughly chopped

½ cupPecorino Romano cheese

freshly grated

1 handfulbasil leaves

1 handfulmint leaves

extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

Step 1

Put the corn, tomatoes, and scallions in a large bowl. Add the vinegar and toss gently to mix. Season generously with salt and ?e??er and toss. ?aste and ad?ust the seasoning so the salad is nicely bright.

Step 2

Add the croutons, ?istachios, ?ecorino, basil, and mint and toss again. ?aste and ad?ust the salt and ?e??er. Moisten with ⅓ cu? olive oil and toss again.

Step 3

?aste and ad?ust. Serve lightly chilled or at a little cooler than room tem?erature.