Ham and Cheese Tartines with Cherokee Purple Tomato Salad

A tartine is an open-faced sandwich. Manchego, a sheep's-milk cheese, and serrano ham give this tasty salad a Spanish flair.

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Tartines:
• 4  (1 1/2-ounce) slices ciabatta bread, toasted
• 1  ounce  serrano ham, cut into 4 thin slices
• 3  ounces  Manchego cheese, cut into 4 thin slices
• 1  teaspoon  chopped fresh oregano
• 
  Salad:
• 1  tablespoon  finely chopped fresh oregano
• 1  tablespoon  finely chopped shallots
• 1  tablespoon  sherry vinegar
• 2  teaspoons  extravirgin olive oil
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 4  cups  torn Boston lettuce
• 3  cups  thinly sliced honeydew melon
• 3  medium Cherokee Purple tomatoes, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced

Preparation

1. Preheat broiler.

2. To prepare tartines, place bread slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. Arrange 1 ham slice and 1 cheese slice on each bread slice. Broil 3 minutes or until cheese melts. Sprinkle evenly with 1 teaspoon oregano.

3. To prepare salad, combine 1 tablespoon oregano and next 4 ingredients (through garlic) in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Arrange 1 cup lettuce on each of 4 plates. Top each serving with 3/4 cup honeydew and 1/2 cup tomato slices. Drizzle each serving with about 1 tablespoon dressing. Place 1 tartine on each plate.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

269 (34% from fat)

Fat:

10.3g (sat 3.9g,mono 4.5g,poly 0.8g)

Protein:

11.2g

Carbohydrate:

34.4g

Fiber:

2.2g

Cholesterol:

19mg

Iron:

2.4mg

Sodium:

730mg

Calcium:

135mg