Easy Caprese!
This is a super easy, crowd-pleasing side salad that take minutes to throw together. Use the sweetest, ripe tomatoes you can find and enjoy the dynamite flavours.
Servings 2 as a side salad
Calories 223kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tomatoes (medium) trimmed and sliced
- 120 g fresh mozzarella drained and thinly sliced
- 3-4 large fresh basil leaves
- 1 TB olive oil
- sea salt flakes
- freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- This lovely salad could not be simpler! Remove the mozzarella ball from the packaging and drain well on kitchen paper.
- Slice the tomatoes thinly and lay out on your serving platter. Count the spaces in between the tomatoes and slice your mozzarella ball into pieces that can slide in between the tomatoes. I find the slicing the ball at a slight angle ensures that one fresh mozzarella ball (120g / 4.2oz) will yield at least 9 slices.
- Season with sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper. (You wrap the salad in sling film up until this point if you want to make it ahead of time.)
- Just before serving, drizzle over the olive oil and scatter with fresh basil (which should be sliced and scattered just before serving). You could tuck smaller basil leaves in between the slices, but I found this much easier and prettier.
Notes
My name is Monya Kilian Palmer. If you loved this recipe, please follow and tag me @mkilianpalmer on Instagram so we can all see your lovely creations!
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Nutrition
Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.3g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 19g