Tomatoes with your Wine - What do you like? + a Bonus Story! |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 7:33 am |
| Tags: food, rooftop, garden, making, the, bigger, planter, truth, space, poll, head, portugal, night, gabriella, harvested, tomato |
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A quick little story before we head off to Portugal. Last night, Gabriella and I harvested our first tomatos from our rooftop garden. Well, in truth “garden” is a bit misleading, because it’s more like rooftop “planter” or rooftop space. After told that we need to find a new home, we’ve put all projects on hold. Rest assured that wherever we move next in Catalunya, we WILL have a grilling terrace and another garden! We were able to harvest 5 tomatoes last night, and we’ll probably have about 10 or more in the coming weeks. Tossing them with some olive oil, sherry vinegar and S&P, we sat down with some grilled salmon and a wonderful Albari o. The tomatoes tasted incredible, regardless if it was because they were ours, and I have to say, the natural richness of the 3 yr old Albari o really paired well with both the salmon and the tomatoes. It’s amazing how sweet a tomato can be when left to fully ripen on the vine. I have a quick [ Full article ] |
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