Napa Valley's Silverado Tomato Salad

This isn’t just any old tomato salad! This is Napa Valley’s Silverado Tomato Salad From Our Friends at Silverado Resort & Spa

Ingredients for Tomato Salad

2 cups large irregular or rustic dice heirloom tomato
1 cup pitted nicoise olives
1 ea large bulb fennel cut julienne
2tbls clover dairy sweet butter
3tbls chopped Italian parsley
.25 cup St Helena Lemon Oil
Sea salt and white pepper to taste

Caramelize fennel:

Melt 2tbl butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. As the butter melts add fennel and season after 3 minutes reduce heat to low and cook 4-6 minutes until the fennel lightly caramelizes. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.

To finish:

Place tomatoes, olives and fennel in a mixing bowl. Add olive oil and parsley. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Then place a large chef’s spoon or two over each salmon paillard and serve.