Insalata Caprese Perfect for Summer
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 large ripe heirloom tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 453.59 g fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 78.78 ml fresh basil leaf
- 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced
- 44.37 ml extra virgin olive oil
- fine sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
directions
- On a large platter, arrange cucumber slices on rim of platter, slightly overlapping and alternate and overlap the tomato slices, mozzarella cheese slices, and basil leaves.
- Drizzle with olive oil. Season with sea salt and pepper.
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Reviews
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You did very good when you adopted this recipe. It is so simple and oh so delicious. I used fresh garden tomatoes, 1 red and 1 yellow along with fresh garden basil. The recipe reduces easily to feed 2 and with my tomatoes beginning to really ripen, I can see myself making this frequently during the summer. Made for *ZWT4*
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Easy, fresh ingredients. How could you go wrong? I picked my heirloom yellow tomatoes (they are supposed to have a less acidic taste), fresh basil and cucumber from my garden and used a marinated mozzarella cheese. Drizzled with a little olive oil and sprinkled some kosher salt and freshly ground pepper. Yummy! Made for ZWT4.
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Finally found a source for the heirloom tomatoes and all I can say is WOW! You forget how much flavor these old varieties can really hold. I have never had this salad with the cucumbers and it makes for a very nice change. Thanks Kiwi for the great photo in the Summer '07 Camera Less Chef game. I'm very pleased to add this salad into our summer roatation.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
kiwidutch
Netherlands