Tomato Watermelon Salad

Submitted by FloridaGrl

"A great picnic/cookout salad. Cooking time is chilling and marinating time."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 5 cups seeded watermelon, cubes
• 1 1⁄2 lbs ripe tomatoes, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
• 3 teaspoons sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 small red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 cup red wine vinegar
• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• romaine lettuce leaf (optional)
• cracked black pepper

directions

1. Combine watermelon and tomatoes in a large bowl; sprinkle with sugar and salt,tossing to coat. Let stand 15 minutes.
2. Stir in onion,vinegar,and oil. Cover and chill 2 hours. Serve chilled on lettuce leaves, if desired. Sprinkle with with cracked black pepper if desired.

Reviews

[Darkhunter]

This was, without a doubt, the best salad we had this summer! Tastes even better the next day. I used seeded plum tomatoes so that the tomatoes had a little bit of substance after marinating time. We get the best watermelons from our farmer's market, and my sisters request this every week. I did mix the vinegar and oil before adding. Just to let you know, we have our first watermelon salad of the summer. The taste is still as wonderful as we remembered!

 

[Epi Curious]

This is really good...use sea salt for best results and add salt just before serving or the salad will get runny. The combination of flavors is really good and an unexpected change. Nice!