Caprese Salad – Christmas Appetizer

Caprese salad is an excellent easy salad product of tomatoes, contemporary mozzarella, and basil. I often consider it as a summer time salad, when tomatoes are in season the place I stay.

However, that is the Christmas model—fashioned right into a sweet cane design for a enjoyable and festive tackle this basic salad.

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Caprese Salad Elements:

• Tomatoes – the extra flavorful and contemporary the higher
• Contemporary Mozzarella – I wish to slice this myself to get the thickness I want
• Basil – The leaves can keep entire or you may chop them as much as sprinkle over the salad
• Olive Oil & Salt – to drizzle and sprinkle excessive earlier than serving

Suggestions for Making Caprese Salad:

• Slice the tomatoes and mozzarella an identical thickness for a uniform serving look.
• You possibly can nonetheless obtain this sweet cane look even in case you select to cut the objects into cubes or smaller items.
• Drizzle with olive oil after which sprinkle on somewhat flaky sea salt simply earlier than serving.

Serving Recommendations:

Though this salad is nice by itself, listed below are some belongings you would possibly need to serve it with: