Lady Pea & Heirloom Tomato Salad | Kitchen Recipe | The Key Ingredient | PBS North Carolina

heirloom tomatoes

🥗Healthier: cherry tomatoes

💰Cheaper: roma tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes are sweeter and more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats while canola is budget-friendly.

Cook field peas in salted water until tender, then return them to the pot to stay warm.

In a bowl, combine chopped shallot and salt with lemon juice and let it sit for a few minutes.

Add honey, garlic, grainy mustard, and lemon zest to the shallot mixture and whisk until the salt dissolves.

Slowly drizzle in olive oil while whisking to emulsify the vinaigrette.

Add a pinch of black pepper to the vinaigrette and set aside.

Let the warm field peas sit in the vinaigrette to cool and absorb flavor.

Arrange sliced heirloom tomatoes on a serving platter in a casual design.

Add sweet miniature tomatoes, fresh parsley, and fresh basil to the cooled field peas and stir gently.

Spoon the field pea mixture over the arranged tomatoes and drizzle any remaining vinaigrette on top.

Garnish with reserved basil leaves, freshly ground black pepper, and coarse salt before serving.

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