Heirloom Tomato recipes

A free-form savory tart with a flaky, olive oil-enriched crust filled with herbed ricotta and blanketed with overlapping heirloom tomato slices in multiple colors. This rustic galette is as good for brunch as it is for dinner, and it photographs like a professional cookbook cover. Summer in a single crust.

A spectacular sharing board of grilled sourdough rubbed with garlic and topped with three different heirloom tomato preparations — a fresh herb mix, a roasted garlic version, and a balsamic-glazed style. Serves as a communal appetizer or summer lunch centerpiece. The tomatoes do all the work.

A deeply roasted, silky tomato soup made with mixed heirloom varieties that brings out the best of each one. Roasting the tomatoes first concentrates their flavor dramatically, and a swirl of cream and fresh basil finishes it beautifully. Far better than anything canned — and this is coming from someone who liked canned.

A showstopper summer salad built on the extraordinary combination of heirloom tomatoes and burrata. Multi-colored thick-sliced tomatoes surround a creamy burrata that breaks open as you serve it. Dressed with nothing more than excellent olive oil, flaky salt, and herbs. One of summer's great pleasures.