organic tomatoes & smoked eggplant salad

choice of tomatoes & smoked eggplant
Originally uploaded by kattebelletje.

This is a very tasty side dish. It consists of a choice of small organic baby tomatoes in all flavours. There were small cherry tomatoes, tiny plum tomatoes, the green salad tomato, which from the outside is a little marbled like a water melon... very cute. Also, some yellow tomatoes. They were really tasty with a sprinkling of fleur de sel and some good olive oil. Around the plate are some smoked eggplant slices. These are made by putting an eggplant over a gas flame until it starts blackening. Turn with a fork or fireproof chopsticks until blackened all over. It might even start to smoke, from the inside. I do wonder wether these are bad for your health or not, smoke-wise. Or is it nicotine that does the damage? Anyway, when blackened, leave to cool. Peel and cut in chunks. Really good with some crusty bread and a glass of chilled white wine on a summer evening!