Pimento Cheese Tomato-Herb Pie | culture: the word on cheese

Ingredients

• 1 9-inch store-bought piecrust, or your favorite recipe, blind baked
• 4 to matoes (about 1½ pounds)
• 1½ teaspoons coarse kosher salt (for sprinkling)
• 2 slices bacon (cut into lardons)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (optional)
• 1 sweet onion (very thinly sliced)
• ½ cup mixed chopped fresh herbs (such as chives, parsley, and basil)
• Freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• 5 ounces freshly grated extra-sharp cheddar (about 1¼ cups)
• ⅓ cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon diced pimento