Classic Cuore di bue
- Characteristics
- Fleshy fruit with the classic heart-like shape
Oxheart tomato
Oxheart tomatoes are fleshy salad tomatoes, with classic heart-shaped forms and related pear-shaped types.
- Kitchen use
- Salad tomatoes
- Shape range
- Heart-shaped and pear-shaped types
Types and forms
Borsalina example
- Characteristics
- Hybrid Cuore di bue type with pear-shaped fruit
Try it in the kitchen
Our suggestion: serve broad slices with olive oil, basil and fresh cheese. Give the flesh room on the plate instead of cutting every slice into small pieces.
Cucchiaio d’Argento’s Caprese uses thick slices of cuore di bue tomato with mozzarella, basil, whole ciliegini and halved datterini.
Ask for the type
Check the cultivar when shape matters. Producers use Cuore di bue for classic forms and related hybrids; the Borsalina example here is not a definition of every oxheart tomato.
