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Caprese Salad
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Caprese Salad

Alternating slices of ripe tomato and fresh mozzarella with basil leaves, good olive oil, sometimes balsamic, and coarse salt: serve right away, at room temperature.

⏱ 7 min
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Cut the tomatoes and the mozzarella into slices 1 cm thick.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Arrange alternating slices of tomato, slices of mozzarella and basil leaves on a serving plate.
    Serving platter
  3. 3
    Drizzle the olive oil over the top.
  4. 4
    Season with Coarse salt and serve immediately, at room temperature.
    💡Serve tomatoes and mozzarella at room temperature: the fridge's cold dulls the tomato's flavor and firms up the cheese.
296calories
16 gprotein
3 gcarbs
24 gfat
● protein 22%● carbs 4%● fat 74%

Per serving (196 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3)

  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Serving platter · Also works: Plate (None)

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🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Balsamic vinegar · black pepper · Whole burrata, not sliced (the burrata) · Tomatoes fried in oil with garlic (minutes) (5) · garlic · Toast for serving · Towers on the serving plates (how many) (two) · Half a cherry tomato on each mozzarella slice · Arugula on the side
  • the salt: Coarse salt

⇄ Alternative recipes

Leaf Salad · Dressed Vegetable Salad · Legume Salad · Cooked Carrot Salad (Moroccan) · Tabbouleh · Potato Salad · Grain salad · Tuna Salad · Fruit Salad · Som Tam

🔗 Used in

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