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Tomatoes are the taste of summer: ripe and sweet, they go into salads and bruschetta, they are cooked down into sauces for pasta and pizza, and meat, fish and vegetables are braised in them. Here you will find step-by-step recipes with photos where tomatoes are the main flavor — fresh, cherry, sun-dried and canned.
Italian caprese with mozzarella and basil, Bulgarian shopska salad with white cheese, Greek salad with feta and olives and Mexican pico de gallo. For a snack there is bruschetta, and for winter — fermented tomatoes and spicy adjika.
Homemade tomato sauce is the base for pasta, pizza and stews, and homemade ketchup is cooked and canned the same way. From the soups, try a light tomato soup with chicken and zucchini, and from the vegetable dishes — zucchini in tomato sauce and stewed beans with tomatoes.
Braised chicken in tomato sauce, beef chunks in fresh tomato sauce and Georgian chakhokhbili. For breakfast — shakshuka, eggs cooked in a thick sauce of tomatoes and peppers, Turkish menemen, Greek strapatsada and Bulgarian mish-mash.