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This blissful Tomato Sandwich is a summertime staple. Thickly sliced heirloom tomatoes are salted and sandwiched between two slices of bread that are swiped with mayonnaise. Serve this with a cold glass of Summer Sweet Tea for an idyllic lunch.
A few ex-boyfriends ago, I learned an incredibly valuable less: how to properly make a tomato sandwich. I am forever grateful.
During the summers we’d drive to Virginia to his family’s lake house. It was there where I’d buy big tomatoes from old men who sold them out of their pick-up trucks parked alongside the road. They were beautiful and warm from the sun (the tomatoes not the old men).
Ingredients You’ll Need for a Tomato Sandwich
- Tomatoes. You need good-quality, gorgeous tomatoes for this sandwich. I like heirloom tomatoes but good beef-steak tomatoes are great too.
- Mayonnaise. I love Hellmann’s, Kewpie or Duke’s mayonnaise. If you are not a mayonnaise lover, feel free to use a beet hummus or whipped feta.
- Bread. I like to use simple, white sandwich bread. I think foccacia, ciabatta, or milk bread would all be delicious options too.
- Salt and pepper. I prefer to use kosher salt for this because the granules are small enough to really penetrate the tomato.
For the exact ingredients, please refer to the recipe index card below!
How to Make a Tomato Sandwich
- The first step to a glorious tomato sandwich is slicing the tomatoes. I prefer them to be about 1/4-inch thick. You don’t want too thin or too thick.
- Place the tomatoes on a few sheets of paper towels.
- Sprinkle them with a bit of kosher salt. Both sides. Salting the tomatoes, allows them to sit and drain. This makes it so the tomato sandwich doesn’t end up being soggy. NO SOG ZONE.
- Smother two slices of white bread with good-quality mayonnaise.
- Arrange the tomatoes on the slices of bread, add the other slice of bread and slice it up!
Recipe FAQs
Absolutely. Add crispy bacon and you’ll be on your way to my BLT sandwich recipe.
Take a look at my ultimate veggie sandwich! It has cucumbers, sprouts, tomatoes and lots of good ideas for add-ons.
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Tomato Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 heirloom tomatoes
- Pinch kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon good-quality mayonnaise, (Duke's, Hellmann's, Best Foods)
- 1 loaf white bread
- Freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Slice the tomatoes and arrange them on a few bed of paper towels. Sprinkle the tomatoes with a few pinches of salt and allow to sit and drain for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Meanwhile, smother the slices of bread with mayonnaise. Both sides!
- Place a few slices of tomatoes on the bread and sprinkle with a bit of black pepper. Top with another slice of bread and cut in half. Repeat with the remaining sandwiches.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
*This post was originally published on September 12th, 2014. It has been updated with new copy.
Adrianna, they way you have such a conversational tone in your recipe posts makes your blog so approachable…and comforting. Like a long time friend! Just wanted to say that, and I enjoyed reading this one, thanks =)
“the tomatoes not the old men.” LOL
This is great! Love the no SOG zone tip!
Mayo is a must for tomato sandwiches. Your tomatoes are gorgeous! I just have to have my tomato sandwich on toast. It is the way I grew up eating them.
Yuuuum. I always do tomato and english cucumber on dill rye. Mayo on both sides of the bread, sea salt and pepper on top. So good.
In case anyone’s interested, the Aussie way uses tomato sauce (ketchup) instead of mayo. And maybe a tiny bit of Vegemite 😉
Oooo…interesting! Thank you for sharing that. Love learning stuff like this.
Thank you for the salting tip, trying that with tomatoes for tonight’s grilled pizza!
Yum! Yes that definitely should help with pizzas. Also, I’ve found that adding them toward the end helps too!
Having been raised in Amish country in Pa, this was the go-to meal and snack for anytime day or night. Seems like across the nation, this is the one thing all Americans have in common…..moved to Md and it was the same, same when we moved to South Carolina, and then taught our Russian friends about them while pastoring for years in Estonia..and we introduced it to them and yep, even the Russians and Estonians love it..Yum!
Harriet the Spy would share a plate of these with Sport in the dumbwaiter.
My fav – I adore tomatoes and tomato sandwiches – I will eat them straight off the vine and just about anyway you can think of!
I’m from New Jersey and we are known for our Jersey Tomatoes. I live on these sandwich’s during their growth period. I use Hellmans Mayo, always. Never had Dukes Mayo, but then again I’m not from that area.
so sorry you have never had the pleasure of Duke’s-nothing is even close