I’m back in Paris after a lovely summer in London and I’m loving my new neighbourood in the 15ème. It’s dotted with boulangeries, cute cafés at every corner, a lovely park (with free city wifi!) with a spot for beekeeping, a couple of fromageries (with one right downstairs from my apartment) and butchers who look like they’ve just walked out out a vintage Paris postcard.
It’s market day on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays on Rue de la Convention and that means, it’s play day for me. I’ve decided to buy something from the market every time I’m there and rustle up a lovely lunch for us. Today, when I saw this gorgeous basket of colourful tomatoes, I instantly wanted to make a tomato salad. So along with the basket of tomatoes, I bought a ball of mozzarella and a pot of basil (that now sits happily on my windowsill).
It’s so simple, it isn’t even a recipe. It’s a colourful, happy salad that comes together effortlessly and is testament to the fact that simple things made with the best and freshest ingredients are nothing but fabulous.
A basket of tomatoes
Good, unfiltered olive oil
A handful of basil
A sprinkling of Maldon sea salt and pepper
A plump ball of mozzarella
Et voila!
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yum yum!!!!!!nothing can beat this!
Beautiful! I’ve been making similar salads all month with the last of the tomatoes. Isn’t the 15e great? I always tell my friends that it’s the next new hip neighborhood. You heard it hear first! ;)
Very nice recipe. I also have basil growing in my kitchen window sill and I am ready to make the recipe.
Everytime I read your post, I keep telling my husband to plan a trip to Europe. Since the time I moved from England, I have been waiting for an opportunity to visit the most beautiful cities again. I ate so such of tomato salad that I am done for the season and thought it’s time to move to soups and breads as the autumn has arrived. But there is no sign of autumn here. It’s so hot like summer and time for me to get back to salads. I am going to make this salad for a picnic I am planning with friends. They are super easy to fix.
Just mulling over tomorrow’s lunch and I open this email and the salad is
there smiling at me. Oh this will be my first harvest from my basil plant.
Thanks a bunch.
This salad is called “Caprese Salad” here in the US. Looks so fresh and yummy!
OMG Love your Photos to the end!
ooh la la! le 15eme!
I love those old, green and black tomatoes. They have such a wonderful sweet taste.
Very summery and delicious!
missing your blog posts! :)
=) i miss blogging too. torn between making/eating things and writing about it on the blog.
Really beautiful caprice! Would like to share a nice dessert recipe with you…
http://www.realreviews.in/food/cooking-how-to/entry/recipe-classic-lemon-cake-pudding-in-a-jiffy-1
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