A summery puttanesca salad made with a medley of fresh heirloom tomatoes, capers, garlic, black olives, anchovies and fresh onion chives. All the classic Italian flavors of a long simmered puttanesca sauce but in a fresh, quick and easy summer salad.
Are you all as excited as I am for hot summer days and loads of colorful heirloom tomatoes breaking your tomato vines ?
You know I just can’t get enough tomato salads in my life!
So today I gave them a different spin with stinky anchovies, black olives, salty capers and pungent garlic. Dressed them all lightly in a red wine vinegar and smooth extra virgin olive oil dressing and call it dinner.
I usually put together a few slices of this burrata bruschetta next to it because I just can’t resist the perfection, but you can also make it into a meal and toss it with some cheese tortellini as a pasta salad.
A little red onion would add a nice crunchy texture here too, I didn’t want to overpower the more subtle flavor from the chives but up to your taste buds after all.
Tomato Puttanesca Salad
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 3 heirloom tomatoes large
- 3 tbsp capers
- 1/2 cup black olives pitted
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic -grated
- 1/4 cup Italian flat leaf parsley -roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh chives + blossoms -snipped
- 2 anchovy fillets
Instructions
- In a large salad bowl add the anchovies and smash them with the back of a fork. Whisk in the olive oil, red wine vinegar and garlic.
- Cut the tomatoes into wedges and add them on top of the anchovies together with the capers, black olives and parsley. Gently toss to coat all over and adjust seasonings to your taste.
- Serve garnished with the chives and chive blossoms.
More Tomato Recipes:
Cucumber Tomato Salad
Tomato Onion Salad
Tomato Basil Salad
Puttanesca Sauce
Puttanesca in a salad, very creative. This might get my father-in-law to eat a salad because he loves puttanesca.
Absolutely ! This is how you do it on hot summer days when stirring up the sauce just isn’t a good idea 😉 Have a great weekend !
Woah! Check out those colours, that freshness, that PLATE! This is awesome!! AND incredibly creative too. You seriously rock Florentina!! N x (PS Pinning of course. Splash of brightness to my boards!)
awww Nagi, thank you so much ! So glad someone is digging my crazy splash of colors in my dishes ! Tomatoes forever !!
Those tomatoes look so beautiful! Such amazing produce!
And this salad. Yummy. I love puttanesca, the olives and the capers, mixed with the anchovies. All those amazing strong flavours and the the sweetness of tomatoes.
This recipe is inspired! Such a great way to lighten up a classic.
Can’t wait to try this, pinning it right now!!
I love love love this recipe, with all those bright and fresh colors, and the photos are mouth watering!
Thanks Katalina, I hpe you give it a try, have a fab week !xo’s
Prego-Ricette italiane in italiano!