Heirloom Caprese Salad
I recently picked up some beautiful tomatoes at our local farmer’s market and made this heirloom caprese salad recipe. I drizzled the tomatoes and mozzarella cheese with good olive oil, then seasoned them with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper. Right before serving, I drizzled the top of the salad with a good-quality balsamic vinegar. It was not only a beautiful summer salad but absolutely delicious. We all loved it and thought it paired nicely with crispy chicken cutlets and lemon spaghetti with garlic butter asparagus.
Heirloom Caprese Salad
Ingredients:
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
- Fresh basil leaves
- Extra Virgin Olive oil, to taste
- Sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
- Balsamic vinegar, to taste
How to Make an Heirloom Caprese Salad
Slice tomatoes and mozzarella cheese.
Layer tomatoes and cheese in a spiral on your serving plate.
Drizzle with olive oil, then season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
Top with small whole basil leaves, then drizzle some balsamic vinegar on top right before serving. Enjoy!
Equipment
Ingredients
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Fresh mozzarella cheese sliced
- Fresh basil leaves
- Extra Virgin Olive oil to taste
- Sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
- Balsamic vinegar to taste
Instructions
- Slice tomatoes and mozzarella cheese.
- Layer tomatoes and cheese in a spiral on your serving plate.
- Drizzle with good olive oil, then season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
- Top with small whole basil leaves, then drizzle balsamic vinegar right before serving. Enjoy!
There’s nothing better than a ceprese salad in the summer! And those tomatoes are so gorgeous!
This is for sure the best summer salad!
Easy and delicious. Nothing could be better!
I can’t ever get enough caprese salad – yours looks fantastic!!
My favorite salad!!! And so pretty!
Delicious…but even better with Burratta instead of Mozzarella.
My favorite – aprese salad. Haven’t tried it with balsamic vinegar. Next time.
My MIL’s garden is exploding with gorgeous tomatoes, which I have been eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner! This salad looks like the perfect recipe to use some of them up!
Yes! This salad was on my mind over the weekend. I can’t get enough of olive oil, tomatoes or mozzarella cheese!
i’m a really big fan of this combination, and your presentation is lovely. 🙂
This is what summer is all about! I couldn’t get enough caprese salads if I tried!