Tomato Steak with Baked Goat Cheese and Herb Salad

Name: Tomato Steak with Baked Goat Cheese and Herb Salad
Prep time: 32 min
Cook time: 32 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 slices thick, ripe beefsteak tomato slices; 118 milliliters dried bread crumbs; 473 milliliters lightly packed mixed tender fresh herb leaves such as basil, chervil, tarragon, Italian (flat-leaf) parsley, chives (1-inch lengths), or young cress; 1 egg; 4 rounds fresh goat cheese, about 2 ounces each; 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the salad; 4 servings Red wine vinegar; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoons water

Tomato Steak with Baked Goat Cheese and Herb Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 628 calories, 33g of protein, and 33g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up water, wine vinegar, young cress, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the egg you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. It will be a hit at your valentin day event.

Instructions

In a small, shallow bowl, mix the breadcrumbs with salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Breadcrumbs

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Bowl

Add the water and work it in with your fingers to moisten the crumbs lightly. In another small, shallow bowl, beat the egg just until blended.

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Water

Egg

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Dip one flat surface of each goat cheese round in the egg, and then in breadcrumbs, patting the crumbs in place. Repeat on the other flat surface, leaving the sides of the rounds uncoated. Refrigerate the coated cheese rounds for about 15 minutes.

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Breadcrumbs

Goat Cheese

Cheese

Dip

Egg

Center the tomato slices on 4 salad plates. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Tomato Slices

Heat a large nonstick skillet over moderately high heat.

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Add the 2 tablespoons olive oil. When the oil is almost smoking, add the cheese rounds, one coated side down. Cook until lightly browned, about 45 seconds, then turn and cook on the second side until the cheese just feels quivery, about 45 seconds longer, depending on the thickness of the rounds.

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Olive Oil

Cheese

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Place a cheese round on each tomato slice.

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Cheese

Tomato

In a bowl, toss the herbs with a splash of red wine vinegar, a light drizzle of olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Mound the herbs on top of the cheese, dividing them evenly.

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Red Wine Vinegar