Do try this at home: heritage tomato and panzanella salad

29 May 2025

Matt Sullivan

Isle of Wight tomatoes are doing their bit to help protect our planet for future generations – from harvesting rainwater to irrigate their crops, to using natural predators and pollinators, they’re on a mission to be climate positive and not only that with one of the best climates in the UK they taste incredible.

Heritage Tomato and Panzanella salad

Ingredients

60g sourdough bread

30g breakfast radishes

15 watercress

30ml Cold-pressed rapeseed oil

Pinch of salt/ Twist of pepper

20g lovage

20g pickled shallots

130g Isle of Wight heritage tomatoes

20g flat-leaf parsley

Preparation

Tear the bread into small pieces, season and dress with rapeseed oil, and bake in the oven until golden and crunchy.

To order, slice the tomatoes into different shapes & sizes

Place into a mixing bowl with the seasoning, rapeseed oil, parsley, sliced radish, lovage, sliced pickled onions & watercress

Place into a bowl and top with the croutons