A great tomato plate is not complicated. It is edited. Use colour, acidity, salt, herbs, and a few textures to make each tomato variety feel distinct.
Build the Palette
Start with dark tomatoes like Black Beauty, add marbled wedges of Ananas Noir, then bring brightness with Green Zebra, Lemon Boy, and Sungella.
Add Shape Contrast
Blue Pear Tomato and Amethyst Jewel Tomato add different silhouettes, so the plate does not read as one pile of slices.
Season Like a Cook
Use olive oil, vinegar or lemon, basil, shallot, and edible flowers. Keep the dressing light so the colour and texture stay visible.
Casa Verde takeaways
- Use at least three colours and two shapes.
- Cut each tomato differently: wedges, slabs, halves, and thin slices.
- Season the plate, not each tomato separately.