Watercress Salad with Roasted Tomato Dressing

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence, 2007

Show: Tyler's UltimateEpisode: Ultimate Crab Cakes

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (16)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 30 min

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Ingredients

1 pint cherry tomatoes
1 clove garlic, smashed
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling, plus 1/4 cup for the dressing
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
Handful fresh parsley leaves
1/4 French baguette, thinly sliced croutons
8 ounces (1/2 log) creamy goat cheese, room temperature
2 bunches hydroponic watercress (feathery variety)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Take a roasting dish and lay the tomatoes out with the garlic. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast for 15 to 20 minutes until the tomatoes have burst and juices are slightly caramelized.

Remove from the oven and place in a blender with all the pan juices. Add the red wine vinegar, 1/4 cup olive oil, sugar, parsley, and salt and pepper. Pulse until well combined. Set aside to cool in the refrigerator while you prepare the croutons.

Take a sheet tray and lay out thin slices of the baguette. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place in the hot oven and bake until golden brown and crispy. The croutons will take 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from oven and while still warm, smear each piece with some goat cheese. Set aside.

Take a platter and layer with goat cheese croutons. Top with mounds of feathery watercress and drizzle over the roasted tomato dressing.

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recipe Watercress Salad with Roasted Tomato Dressing
Susannah Arlington, VA 11-09-2009
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My new favorite, but skip the parsley
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

- it's a big distraction from this otherwise outstanding, delicious, easy, fabulous salad!
recipe Watercress Salad with Roasted Tomato Dressing
dominique new york, NY 04-15-2009
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Tyler is the best
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The perfect appetizer in a french dinner, elegant, classy and so good.
recipe Watercress Salad with Roasted Tomato Dressing
Lara Lynchburg, VA 03-22-2009
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Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Absolutely delicious! I dipped pizza in it and it was awesome!! This would be awesome as a spagetti sauce base, too! Thanks,... Tyler!Read more
recipe Watercress Salad with Roasted Tomato Dressing
Allison Destin, FL 08-14-2008
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Oh So Yummy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I saw this recipe on the show today. I just so happen to have all the ingedients for the dressing so i made it right away.... WOW! It tasted awesome!! I didn't have parsley so i used cilantro (which has better flavor than parsley). I think if you used a little less oil you could eat this as a great tomato soup. It was super easy and i'll be sure to make this again and again! Highly recommended!!!Read more
recipe Watercress Salad with Roasted Tomato Dressing
Candace Baltimore, MD 03-09-2008
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Delicious salad idea
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

After seeing this recipe being made on television, I thought I would give it a try. It is absolutely delicious with the goat... cheese croutons!Read more
recipe Watercress Salad with Roasted Tomato Dressing
AMANDA Delaware, OH 02-08-2008
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Fantastic!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the best salad dressing I've ever made and one of the easiest! I didn't even care about the goat cheese, I was... licking the excess dressing out of the blender (gross I know, but it illustrates my point). Fantastic, Thanks Tyler!Read more