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Tomato Salad

4 servings

Ingredients

• 11 pieces ripe tomatoes
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• salt (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• sugar (a little)
• 0.25 piece onion, grated
• 0.5 clove garlic, finely chopped
• hard-boiled eggs (as needed)

Instructions

1. For four people, place 10-12 very ripe tomatoes in the coldest possible place, ideally on ice, so they firm up and are easy to slice.
2. Slice them thinly, removing the seeds, mix with two tablespoons of oil, two tablespoons of vinegar, salt, pepper, a little sugar, and a quarter of a grated onion, and serve immediately.
3. If desired, half a clove of finely chopped garlic can be mixed in instead of the onion.
4. Garnish the salad with a wreath of sliced, hard-boiled eggs.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.