Portuguese Tomato Salad

Ingredients

6 ripe tomatoes
1 large salad onion
1 desert spoon oregano
1/4 cup of olive oil
coarse sea salt

Method

1. Submerge tomatoes into a bowl of boiling water for two minutes, then drain and rinse with cold tap water.
2. Peel off skin and discard.
3. Roughly chop tomatoes and place in salad dish.
4. Peel onions, slice rounds and separate.
5. Add salt, olive oil and oregano and mix thoroughly.
   
6. Sit at room temperature until ready to serve. The salt will draw out the acid in the tomato and form a natural marinade.

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