In the event you’re the type of one that seems to be ahead to slicing a Brandywine on the peak of tomato season and consuming it straight (perhaps with somewhat salt, nothing extra), then you’re in heaven proper now. We’re proper in that candy spot, flush with contemporary farmers market and home-grown tomatoes which are past juicy and candy.

So, to take advantage of this tomato season, we’re daring you to attempt as many unconventional and new-to-you tomato recipes as you’ll be able to, throughout our month-long Tomato-thon. For inspiration, we curated a few of our favourite, most creative recipes and arranged them by class—Savory, Salad-y, Candy, and Saucy—as a result of we love a themed week, and to nudge you past your consolation zone (assume: a fried tomato sandwich with chile oil, a roasted tomato jam, or a tomato-beet gazpacho).

We’re additionally hoping that you’ll present us what you make and inform us what you really liked or what you tweaked on Instagram or TikTok. You’ll want to tag @food52 and #f52tomatothon once you do—we’ll be reposting your shares on Instagram Tales on the finish of every week. Keep tuned on our social channels for tips about rising and taking advantage of your tomato haul, too, as we have a good time our favourite summer time fruit-maybe-vegetable.

Put aside your white bread and mayo (we’re you, Traditional Tomato Sandwich) and prepare for some Huge Tomato Taste. To kick off Tomato-thon Week 1, we’re bringing in classics like a tomato galette and throwing just a few curve balls, like tomato salt (what?).

Let’s be actual: you’ve by no means questioned what to do with leftover tomato skins. However perhaps that’s since you didn’t understand you’ll be able to create a aromatic salt with them. Check Kitchen Director Allison Buford tried out this recipe and we will vouch that it’s a superb solution to make use of the scraps from canning or saucing.

Chef Rick Martínez reinvents the tomato sandwich in just a few methods, first by zhuzhing up the mayo with basil and lemon, pan-frying panko-crusted pink tomatoes, then drizzling spicy chile oil over the entire combo. We doubled the recipe in our workplace for our Tomato-thon launch social gathering, and our Senior Prop Stylist, Sarah Vasil, fell in love: “I might eat this sandwich each day for the remainder of the summer time,” she stated.

Do not be fooled by these sweet-looking grilled tomatoes—Ali Slagle provides somewhat hen’s eye chile for warmth. Attempt them with sticky rice to absorb the juices.

Erin Jeanne McDowell’s tomato-parmesan galette is a no brainer to ring in tomato season. It’s additionally excuse to interrupt out the Boursin cheese, used within the creamy, garlicky base beneath a layer of heirlooms.

Week 2, August 12-18: Salad-y

What’s summer time with no contemporary tomato salad? Keep tuned for Nea Arentzen’s White Bean and Tomato Salad dropping at first of this week’s salad lineup!

Marcy Ragan combines three Italian classics (bruschetta, caprese, and panzanella) into one irresistible salad, made higher with toasty, grilled bread.

Carolina Gelen offers us a a ruby pink summer time salad utilizing watermelon and mint to raise the star of the present.

Caprese, however slice the tomatoes like Hasselback potatoes and stuff them with mozz. Marissa Mullen is a genius.

Week 3, August 19-25: Candy

We’re settling the fruit-or-vegetable debate as soon as and for all this week, with recipes that showcase a tomato’s pure sweetness.

Food52 founder Amanda Hesser developed this oven-friendly tomato jam recipe after being impressed by a Hotline dialog. Sluggish roasting tomatoes with sugar, lemon, and spices, offers this unfold sweetness and depth.

Make your company guess the components on this refreshing lassi, full of tomato, mango, and floral sumac.

Sarah Jampel absolutely embraces the notion of tomato as fruit, with this tailored recipe from Little Flower Baking that makes use of tomato in each the marmalade filling and the frosting.

This summer-y bruschetta from Cheazza is straightforward and light-weight, and virtually screams for a calming glass of rosé to sip with it.

Week 4, August 26-Sept. 1: Saucy

These saucy recipes transcend basic tomato sauce (although we did throw in an oldie however goodie). We additionally use the phrase figuratively—as in, Check Kitchen recipe developer and creator César Pérez’s tomato and beet gazpacho, which is able to make an look in time for Week 4, is saucy.

Bacon fats, crusty bread, and tomatoes—what’s to not love? Topped with loads of parmesan cheese, Sarah Leah Chase’s impossibly straightforward scalloped tomatoes is a dish that Food52er Paula Marchese really useful as one in all her go-tos every summer time.

Marcella Hazan’s four-ingredient celebrity is likely one of the hottest tomato sauce recipes on the web for good cause. This model veers from the unique by calling for contemporary tomatoes, a luxurious we now have proper now. (You can even go full circle and use the skins within the tomato salt from Week 1!)

No time to attend on your tomatoes to simmer? Attempt Emma Laperruque’s no-cook tomato sauce on your subsequent last-minute pasta night time—or spoon it atop rice, and even scrambled eggs for an added burst of taste.