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Tomato Watermelon Salad with Tahini Sauce

Greek-style salad layered on top of a thick yogurt tahini sauce
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Prep Time 1 hour
Servings: 10 Servings
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Tomato salad ingredients
  • 2 pints ripe cherry tomatoes
  • 1/4 -1/2 watermelon
  • 1 yellow bell pepper
  • 1 orange or red bell pepper
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1/2 cup rcumbled feta
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
Tahini yogurt sauce
  • 1 pint hummus
  • 1/2 cup tahini
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 pint whole milk greek yogurt
  • 3-4 cloves fresh garlic
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
Garnish
  • 1 cup chopped mint
  • 1 cup chopped parsley

Method
 

Make tomato salad:
  1. Slice the cherry tomatoes in half
  2. Cut the watermelon into 3/4 inch cubes
  3. Slice the onion in thin strips
  4. Chop the peppers into 1/2 pieces
  5. Toss all ingredients with olive oil, salt, and crumbled feta and set aside
Make tahini sauce:
  1. Add all ingredients (hummus, tahini, Juice of one lemon, yogurt, olive oil and garlic) to the bowl of a blender and blend on high until smooth. The sauce should be slightly thinner than hummus. If the sauce is too thick to blend easily, add a touch of water until blendable.
Assemble salad:
  1. Spread tahani sauce in a ring on a large platter, pushing it out towards the edge of the platter.
  2. Carefully spoon the tomato mixture into a mound in the center of the platter, making sure to keep a ring of the tahini sauce exposed around the edge so people can scoop up some of the sauce with the tomato salad.
  3. Sprinkle the tomato salad with chopped herbs and serve!