Roxbury Farm in New York is offering Juliet tomatoes in this week's CSA share, so we looked into this tomato to see what makes it different from others showing up at the end of the summer.
The Juliet tomato is a small, 1-ounce tomato somewhere between a grape and full-size tomato. It's shaped like a plum tomato, but sized smaller, with a higher acidity and crisper texture. They can last longer on the vine than most other kinds of tomatoes, and they grow in clusters like grapes.
Juliet tomatoes are my favorite to cook with. They hold their shape well and don't disintegrate when cooking with onions, potatoes, garlic, etc.
Spiral pasta topped with goat cheese, juliet tomatoes and fresh basil was a perfect lunch a few weeks ago. The goat cheese and tomatoes made a great insta-sauce.
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Ooh, we had these in our CSA this week and I love them, they have an incredible flavor eaten fresh as a snack.
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We planted Juliet tomatoes this year and I've never had any plant produce so many! They just keep coming and coming. However, they do have a tendency to fall off before you get around to picking them so you have to get them off the ground before the bugs find them.
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