Garlic Lover's Warm Tomato Salad

This dish has also come to be known as vampire repellent. If you love garlic, you can add as much as you would like and if you don't love it as much as others you can add a little less. This dish will take less than fifteen minutes to prepare and cook. It is also best enjoyed fresh off the heat and also with a nice glass of wine. I would have to recommend the Lindeman's Bin 95 Sauvignion Blanc or the Masi Tupungato Passo Blanco. Now that we got the important part done, picking the wine, lets get on to the salad...

24 Cherry Tomatoes
1/3 cup of Feta Cheese
2 sprigs of Fresh Basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
2 cloves of Garlic
2 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

First of all, wash your tomatoes, cut them in half and set aside. Next, cube the feta cheese to roughly 1 cm. Roll the basil into a little ball and finely chop it. Rolling it makes it easier to work with. Now mince the garlic.

Pour the olive oil in the pan and add the garlic and basil. Heat the oil on low for about five minutes. You don't want to cook it but you want all the flavors to mingle and get to know each other. Now you may turn it up just a little and then add the tomatoes. After the tomatoes have warmed up then add the feta cheese. The cheese will start to melt and combine nicely with the oil. Now its done and you can serve it up.

It will serve about 4 people for an appetizer. You can add more cheese, basil or garlic to your own personal liking and preferences. It is excellent this way but you can drizzle some nice balsamic vinegar on it if you wish and you can garnish it with a basil leaf or two. Enjoy!