Gourmet tomatoes
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“Huge heirloom; quite possibly the best-tasting tomato.”
Brandywine Tomato, The “You Bet Your Garden” Guide to Growing Great Tomatoes, by Mike McGrath of You Bet Your Garden
2. Early Girl tomato
Early Girl is a round red hybrid tomato with a good old-fashioned flavor that develops quickly enough to grow in colder climates with short growing seasons.
The shape of individual fruits is irregular, flattened (oblate), and well-lobed. Sometimes they look like red tomatoes with green stripes.
What isn’t average about them is their color! This variety can have almost a mild tropical citrus flavor, unique to this variety.
Sun Gold tomatoes are cherry tomatoes. The flavor is rich and full. They’re perfect tossed into pasta, blistered in a skillet or preserved in a light tomato jam.
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Growing tips
- Use rich, composted soil and full sun
- Stake or cage indeterminate varieties early
- Water deeply and consistently
- Harvest at peak ripeness for best flavor
- Store at room temperature, not in the refrigerator
Serving ideas
- Brandywine with burrata and basil.
- San Marzano in slow-cooked beef ragù.
- Green Zebra in salsa verde with avocado.
- Black Krim layered on toasted sourdough.
- Sun Gold tossed with couscous, mint and lemon.
- Amish Paste combine with savory olives and roasted garlic to make a savory sauce.
Conclusion
Gourmet tomatoes bring color, character and depth to your cooking.
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“Getting great flavor out of a tomato is part nature, part nurture. These tomatoes have been bred for flavor instead of other characteristics (like being good for canning or making cooked sauces).
The best-tasting tomatoes generally have a complementary balance of acidity and sugar.
These plants grow best with lots of sunlight, some compost, and deep watering. Ferris Wheel tomato
Ferris Wheel is a large, pink tomato with a delicate old-fashioned flavor that’s a nice balance of sweetness and tartness.
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Now that summer is here, gardeners and foodies are excited about enjoying home grown tomatoes fresh from the garden or from local farmer’s markets.
The flavor of Lillian’s Yellow is a bold, full taste with the classic heirloom tomato balance of tartness and rich sweetness. The Black Krim tomato is an Eastern European heirloom named for the region of Crimea and the Black Sea that surrounds it. Glamour tomato
Glamour is a medium-sized red tomato with that classic, sweet-tart tomato flavor of an old-fashioned tomato.
These tomatoes can get quite large, with your average tomato weighing at least a pound. The flavor is known for its fruity, tropical taste.