Caprese Salad Recipe
Caprese Salad - a light and refreshing caprese salad recipe made with just a few fresh ingredients! Perfect for hot summer days.
Ingredients
- 3-4 whole tomatoes thickly sliced
- 16 ounces fresh mozzarella sliced
- 14 fresh basil leaves more or less as desired
- 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil high-quality
- 1-2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar or homemade balsamic glaze
- sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Platter: On a serving platter, layer a tomato slice with a mozzarella slice on top of that and then fresh basil. Repeat until you have used all the tomatoes, cheese, and basil.
- Oil + Balsamic Vinegar: Drizzle with 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and 1-2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (or a sweet balsamic glaze for something a bit sweeter).
- Serve: Sprinkle with sea salt (kosher salt works too) and fresh cracked pepper.
Notes
- Make Ahead: this can easily be made ahead for a party just layer and cover with foil. Store in refrigerator for a few hours or overnight. Add olive oil and balsamic vinegar right before serving.
- Tomato: feel free to use whatever variety of tomatoes available to use, but I like to try and grab tomatoes that are the perfect size, similar to the size of mozzarella slices.
- Best Olive Oil: this is one of those recipe where I would highly recommend using high-quality extra virgin olive oil since you will taste it quite a bit - you don't want something too over-powering.
Nutrition
Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 358mg | Potassium: 157mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 804IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 293mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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