Tomato and Bread Salad with Garlic-Anchovy Dressing

Name: Tomato and Bread Salad with Garlic-Anchovy Dressing
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 4 - 5 , large vine-ripened tomatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds); 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 1/2 tablespoons, red wine vinegar; 2 small cloves, garlic, minced or put through garlic press; 1/3 cup, chopped fresh basil; 3 , anchovy fillets, rinsed and mashed (about 1 tablespoon); , Ground black pepper; 4 slices, chewy country-style bread (3/4-inch-thick), toasted or grilled until lightly browned, then cut into 3/4-inch cubes

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 1998

Side Dishes

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SERVES6

TIME40 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted to come up with a simple summer tomato salad recipe that would make the most of (and use up) some of the tomato bounty from the garden. We managed it without too much trouble, discovering that salting the tomatoes before mixing th...

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