Russian tomato salad bruschetta
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- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic cloves
Stir a couple tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into a couple of crushed or finely minced garlic cloves; leave on the counter about an hour.
- 1 parts plain yogurt
- 2 parts sour cream
Stir one part plain yogurt with two parts sour cream for the dressing.
The sour cream and yogurt dressing
- ½ whole sweet onion
- tomatoes
Halve the sweet onion lengthwise with the fibres, then shave it very thinly across; toss it into the dressing immediately so it does not oxidise and turn stronger.
Trim rough patches from the tomatoes and slice about an eighth of an inch thick -- thinner than a classic Russian tomato salad, for bruschetta.
Add about twice as much tomato as onion to the bowl and mix without draining the juices; the juices become half the dressing.
- freshly ground black pepper
- cayenne pepper
- salt
Season aggressively with black pepper, cayenne and two big pinches of salt; cover in plastic and refrigerate.
- 4 slices Italian or French bread
Grill four thick slices of fresh bread over white, ashy coals, rotating and flipping, until well browned and charred in spots, keeping a little chew in the centre; no oil before grilling.
- chives
Top with the salad using a slotted spoon, drip on more dressing if wanted, and finish with snipped chives.
Variation: with non-sweet onions, soak them in water then rinse and dry, blanch 10 seconds in boiling water, or saute a minute to soften the raw edge.