{"id":5528,"date":"2011-12-12T21:24:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T02:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2011-12-12T21:31:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T02:31:55","slug":"countdown-to-christmas-11-days-heirloom-tomato-salad-with-champagne-vinaigrette-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/countdown-to-christmas-11-days-heirloom-tomato-salad-with-champagne-vinaigrette-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to Christmas: 11 days &#8211; Heirloom Tomato Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Enjoy this salad for everyday meals or perhaps with Christmas or New Year&#8217;s dinner. If you don&#8217;t have champagne vinaigrette on hand, check out some winery tasting rooms or specialty stores including Williams-Sonoma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Heirloom Tomato Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serves 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8 mixed heirloom tomatoes, cored and cut in wedges<br \/>\n3 shallots, finely chopped<br \/>\n3 T champagne vinegar<br \/>\n\u00bc c extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n12 basil leaves, torn<br \/>\n1 sweet baguette<br \/>\n4 oz goat cheese, room temperature<br \/>\n1 T chopped chives<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Toss tomatoes with shallots, vinegar, olive oil and basil. Allow to marinate for 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F. Slice baguette on a bias into 1\/4 \u201c slices. Brush with olive oil and lay on a sheet tray. Toast for about 12 minutes until golden.<\/li>\n<li>Serve on chilled plates and garnish with a basil sprig and a crouton spread with fresh goat cheese and chopped chives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enjoy with a glass of Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc.<\/p>\n<p>Recipe provided by <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cakebread.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Cakebread Cellars<\/span><\/a><\/span> in Napa Valley, California<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Countdown to Christmas: 11 days - Heirloom Tomato Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette Recipe\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=5528\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy this salad for everyday meals or perhaps with Christmas or New Year&#8217;s dinner. If you don&#8217;t have champagne vinaigrette on hand, check out some winery tasting rooms or specialty stores including Williams-Sonoma. Cheers! Kathy Heirloom Tomato Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette Serves 4 Ingredients 8 mixed heirloom tomatoes, cored and cut in wedges 3 shallots, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[175,449,477,583,1173,1198],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-champagne","tag-christmas","tag-holidays","tag-recipe","tag-salad","tag-vinaigrette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5532,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/5532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}