River Cottage

What’s the difference between a fresh tomato salsa and a tomato salad? Not much really, but for me, a tomato salsa should always include some kind of raw allium – shallot, onion, spring onion – to give it an edge. And if you chopped the tomatoes more finely for this recipe, you’d have a definite salsa, I’d say – perfect for eating with burgers or spicy chicken. But leave the tomatoes in fat chunks and this is a salad, needing only some torn fresh bread to mop up the juices, and perhaps some buffalo mozzarella or tangy fresh goat’s cheese alongside. Capers are not everyone’s favourite thing, so just leave them out if they don’t appeal. And if you don’t fancy mint, torn basil leaves or roughly chopped parsley are good options, too.