Caprese Salad
User Reviews
4.3
30 reviews
Good
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Calories
600 kcal
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Course
Side Dish, Salad, Appetizer, Condiments
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Cuisine
Italian
Caprese Salad
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Caprese Salad-Crazy delicious Italian Salad with simple ingredients! This Caprese Salad Recipe is loaded with homemade croutons and video!
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Ingredients
Salad
- 2 cups mozzarella fresh, aka bocconcini or large fresh mozzarella
- 3 cups cherry tomato or your favorite tomatoes, sliced
- 1 cup basil fresh basil leaves
Caprese Dressing
- 2 Tablespoons basil pesto homemade is best: https://www.twopurplefigs.com/protein-packed-nut-free-hemp-basil-pesto/
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar or balsamic syrup
- 1/8 teaspoon salt Kosher or sea salt
- 1/3 cup olive oil
Homemade Croutons
- 3 cups bread cut up into 1 inch chunks. Stale bread works best
- 2 garlic minced, cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Notes
- This is a really simple salad to make and can be used as either a main dish or even as a lovely side dish to complement almost any other dish. Once you've tried this version of a Caprese salad with a pesto balsamic dressing, you'll be making this healthy dish again and again.
- If you can't find any of the small little balls of mozzarella cheese then you can use the normal mozzarella you find in your local store. You can then either break the cheese up into little chunks or slice the cheese and layer it on your salad platter.
- Traditionally this recipe uses normal tomatoes and not cherry tomatoes. However, I've used cherry tomatoes as they are full of flavour and sweeter than your normal large tomatoes. If you can I would use cherry tomatoes but you can use ordinary ones if necessary.
- Choose ripe tomatoes! This is crucial.
- Make sure your use fresh Mozzarella cheese.
- Always slice tomatoes and cheese if using whole so the salad is easy to serve.
- Fresh basil is a must, avoid any other substitute.
- Adding Basil Pesto to the dressing along with sweet balsamic vinegar accentuates the flavors of this simple tasty Caprese so much!
- While croutons are not classically made in a Caprese, you'll find that they add a hearty feel to the salad.
- This is a really simple salad to make and can be used as either a main dish or even as a lovely side dish to complement almost any other dish. Once you've tried this version of a Caprese salad with a pesto balsamic dressing, you'll be making this healthy dish again and again.
- If you can't find any of the small little balls of mozzarella cheese then you can use the normal mozzarella you find in your local store. You can then either break the cheese up into little chunks or slice the cheese and layer it on your salad platter.
- Traditionally this recipe uses normal tomatoes and not cherry tomatoes. However, I've used cherry tomatoes as they are full of flavour and sweeter than your normal large tomatoes. If you can I would use cherry tomatoes but you can use ordinary ones if necessary.
- It a great salad and appetizer as it is. However you can also use it on toast, quiche, pasta with chicken and so much more!!
- A popular question and the answer is straightforward YES!! It's like the "greens" of a green salad, and it compliments the tomatoes and mozzarella so beautifully!
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Overall Rating
4.3
30 reviews
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