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by Chef Sebastian Carosi
The heirloom tomato toast with
mayonnaise has not only been a
hundred-year fad in the American
south, but a seasonal staple.”
The best time to make heirloom tomato toast is right
after harvest, at peak ripeness. As a professional
chef for more than 30 years, I’ve learned that picking
products at their peak of ripeness really depends
on where you live, but for heirloom tomatoes its
almost always in the fall. Almost as much of a fad as
the ubiquitous avocado toast in Southern Cali, the
heirloom tomato toast with mayonnaise has not only
been a hundred-year fad in the American south, but a
seasonal staple. I know. I lived many years down south
and became a tomato toast specialist. The relatively
new avocado toasters may want to think about getting
together with the old-school heirloom tomato toast
of the south. Although this time I got these gardengrown
heirloom ‘maters together with some locally
grown Washington state sour tsunami hemp greens
from America’s first licensed hemp farm growing hemp
as a salad green. I’m very proud to be involved with
the farm that put the first licensed hemp greens on
the American market for chefs, restaurants, and juice
bars to utilize. The farm is owned by a close friend and
has these protein-dense hemp greens ready to ship
around the country at a moment’s notice, to satisfy all
your tomato toast needs. I sprinkle the sliced heirloom
tomatoes with some local sea salt flakes from the
coast of Oregon and a few green coriander seeds
from my garden. I then slather the toasted sourdough
with smoky bacon-fat mayonnaise — in true heirloom
tomato toast fashion that is. The bacon-fat mayo is
super simple and downright stupid good; try it on your
favorite tomato and mayo sandwich next heirloom
tomato season.
SC
Chef Sebastian Carosi trained at Portland’s Western
Culinary Institute, apprenticed with renowned chefs in
Italy, and went on to lead the Farm 2 Fork movement
in New England and the mid-Atlantic states.
Find him on Instagram at @chef_sebastian_carosi.
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