Insalata Caprese
From ddougee 17 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 6
(Tomato and Mozzarella Salad) Insalata Caprese (literally, the salad from Capri) is the perfect summertime dish for cooks in a hurry; slicing tomatoes is the hardest part!
Ingredients
- 2 pounds vine-ripened cherry tomatoes, sliced in half shopping list
- 1 pound fresh mozzarella, sliced1/4 inch thick shopping list
- 1/4 cup packed fresh basil or arugula leaves, washed and dried. shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled, if using arugula instead of basil shopping list
- 3 to 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil shopping list
- fine sea salt to taste shopping list
- freshly ground black pepper to taste shopping list
How to make it
- On a large platter arrange tomato and mozzarella slices and basil leaves, alternating and overlapping them. Sprinkle salad with oregano and arugula and drizzle with oil. Season salad with salt and pepper. How hard was that???!
People Who Like This Dish 6
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Reviewed by 4 people-
I like the arugula version over the basil version, it just sings. Simplicity at it's finest. Yum.
notyourmomma
in South St. Petersburg loved it
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I've made it, loved it - this is a classic recipe. Oh my - so good. Great offering - thanks!
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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One of my all time favorite Italian/Med salads... thanks for the post...dave
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