Easy Caprese Salad Two Ways
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Recipe type: Cooking for One or Two, Worknight Dinners, Small Plates & Snacks
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Serves: 2-4
 
Ingredients
  • 8 ounce ball fresh mozzarella cheese (from the cheese counter at some markets or dairy aisle in your grocery store - you can also pick up two smaller balls as long as they net approximately 8 ounces)
  • 1 large ripe tomatoes, sliced into 8 pieces
  • ½ cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed and torn into small pieces (I like them a little smaller than an average postage stamp)
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil (for drizzling)
Instructions
  1. For Caprese Stacks
  2. Slice mozzarella cheese into ¼-inch pieces. Place eight slices onto a plate. Top each piece of cheese with a slice of tomato and a a piece of fresh basil. Drizzle with olive oil, season salad with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
  3. For Layered Caprese:
  4. Slice mozzarella cheese into ¼-inch pieces. On a plate, arrange tomato and mozzarella slices and basil leaves, alternating and overlapping them. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper an serve immediately.
Recipe by In Good Taste at https://ingoodtaste.kitchen/easy-caprese-salad-two-ways/