Day 277: a tricoloured beauty

A tricoloured beauty, bathing in the evening sun, of milky-white buffalo, intensified cherry-red toms and a blitzed lush-green basil sauce: Day 277 is Tomatoes, Mozzarella and Basil, Nigella’s Way.

Tomatoes, Mozzarella and Basil, Nigella’s Way

Ciabatta nearby for carrying to mouth and mopping up. That milky pool of chalk-white juice, marbled green with the vibrancy and perfume of the oily basil sauce is just ’licious. And the quick-roasting of the cherry toms makes this a real treat, even when tomatoes aren’t at their finest, or when budget doesn’t allow for a splash out on the best sun-ripened, on-the-vine variety.

The recipe for Tomatoes, Mozzarella and Basil, Nigella’s Way, can be found in Nigellissima.