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I put Caprese Salad on my Summer To Do List because I always loved the simple, contrasting ingredients. Summer tomatoes + soft milky mozzarella fior di latte + green fragrant basil. It looked easy but I’d never made it before.
Successfully making mozzarella fior di latte the day before, I cut the mozzarella into thick slices and alternated thick slices of ripe truss tomatoes on a platter. Tucking whole basil leaves here and there finishing off with a drizzle of good quality olive oil, balsamic vinegar and plenty of salt and pepper. Dig in with forks! So easy that I’m kind of glad that I made the mozzarella cheese from scratch.
Check back tomorrow to see what I made with the rest of the mozzarella.
What a gorgeous picture!
Thank you My French Heaven.
Caprese salad with home made mozzarella!!!
You big show off……..
Awesome, and yummy!
Show off and proud as punch
I want to make mozzarella too!
You could totally do it with your culinary skills!
Absolutely adore Caprese Salads – good work!
Thanks!
I love caprese salad. I usually put a bit of pesto onto mine just to add a bit more flavour. I think that your homemade cheese probably wouldn’t need it though!
Yum, pesto sounds like a great addition. I wonder if a caprese inspired pesto would also be good?
This is one of my favorites too! I love that you only put a drizzle of balsamic. Sometimes people drown the tomatoes in it and I think it’s unnecessary. The tomatoes are acidic on their own!
You are right. Though the trick is get height of summer tomatoes. Perhaps anemic tomatoes need more balsamic to disguise the lack of flavour? Anything less than a summer tomato is not worth your time.
This is probably my favourite salad EVER. I’ll be having it again tonight. C
I love caprese salads! This looks stunning and must be so satisfying with your own homemade mozzarella :3
Yes! Satisfying, smug…same thing
hey, you deserve it! if i made my own cheese, you can bet i’d be patting myself on the back too! :3
Hey great photo! When you want to try a souped up version of the caprese swap out the tomatoes for strawberries and add a few mint leaves in with the basil. Don’t forget the balsamic. Really tasty!
I’ve seen strawberries paired with balsamic before, but yet to try it. Sounds great in a caprese. Thanks for the tip.