Tómat og rauðlauksmeðlæti

Vegetable side dish with tomatoes and red onions

I would have simply called this a "tomato salad", but in my good Icelandic cookbook it is "miðlæti", i.e. a "side dish".


Ingredients for 2 people

500 g ripe tomatoes
1 red onion
1 bunch of fresh mint
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 pinch of cayenne pepper
1 tsp coarse sea salt
1/2 tsp black pepper


Preparation

Wash the tomatoes, remove the stalks and chop them finely.

Also peel and chop the onion.

Also wash and chop the fresh mint.

In a large bowl, stir together the lemon juice, cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper.

Add the chopped tomatoes, the chopped onion and the finely chopped mint, stir briefly and leave covered for about 1/2 hour.

Then stir thoroughly again and serve as a vegetable side dish with meat or fish dishes. I had oven-baked salmon with it. :-)

[Translated from here.]