Farmer’s Market Tomato Salad with Orange Zest Crackers

Ingredients

• ½ cup unbleached all purpose flour
• ½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 tsp freshly grated orange rind
• 2 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 1 tbsp sour cream
• 1 ½ tsp fresh orange juice
• coarse salt
• 3 Farmer’s Market tomatoes, medium sized, multi-colored if possible
• 5 tbsp crème fraiche
• 1 tbsp basil, thinly sliced
• 4 tbsp Pasolivo Orange Olive Oil
• Freshly cracked peppers and kosher salt to taste

Directions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Blend the fl our, pepper, orange rind and butter until the mixture resembles meal, add the sour cream and the orange juice and combine, adding 1 teaspoon of water if necessary, until it just forms a dough.
• Gather the dough into a ball and chill it, wrapped in plastic, for about 15 minutes.
• Roll out the dough 1/16 inch thick on a lightly floured surface and with a 2-inch round cutter cut out 16 rounds.
• Place rounds on an ungreased cookie sheet, sprinkle with coarse salt and bake for 12 minutes, or until they are golden. Transfer crackers to a rack and cool for 5 minutes
• For the salad, slice tomatoes ¼ inch thick and fan onto serving platter.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread crème fraiche over tomatoes.
• Drizzle olive oil over tomatoes and crème fraiche and spread basil over the top.
• Serve with the Orange Crackers.

Pairs With: Patelin de Tablas Blanc, Grenache Blanc