Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, caprese salad🇮🇹. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, slices of tomato and fresh mozzarella lay on a bed of baby spinach in this greener version of a classic Caprese salad. Garnished with chopped fresh basil, the bright and simple flavors of summer are shown off in this colorful and elegant dish. My husband and I love Caprese salad, but not the high prices we pay for it in restaurants.
Caprese Salad🇮🇹 is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Caprese Salad🇮🇹 is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook caprese salad🇮🇹 using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Caprese Salad🇮🇹:
- Take 250 ml balsamic vinegar
- Take 1 tbsp honey
- Take 1 ball mozzarella (125g), or some bocconcini
- Make ready 1-2 tomatoes, or a handful of cherry tomatoes
- Prepare leaves Fresh basil
- Prepare Extra virgin olive oil
- Get Flaky sea salt
- Take Coarse black pepper
The Dressing that everybody thinks of as Caprese Salad Dressing is a balsamic glaze, also known as balsamic reduction. Although balsamic vinegar in any form isn't used in a classic Italian caprese, I'd argue balsamic glaze more than deserves its place in this salad. When cooked down to a thick, syrupy glaze, balsamic vinegar becomes deliciously tangy and sweet, adding extra oomph to every bite. Get Caprese Salad Recipe from Food Network.
Steps to make Caprese Salad🇮🇹:
- Assembly of ingredients
- In a pan over medium high heat, bring balsamic vinegar and honey to a boil then lower to a simmer for about 12-15 min, stirring occasionally. Reduce to about 1/3 cup where the balsamic vinager sauce will coat the surface of a spoon lightly. (Try not to inhale the acidic fumes while it's simmering, it's rather sharp on the nostrils) Let it cool a little.
- While balsamic vinegar is being simmered, assemble the salad. Chop tomato and mozzarella ball thickly, about 1cm. Arrange tomato slices, mozzarella and basil leaves in an alternate pattern.
- Sprinkle salt and pepper liberally.
- Drizzle olive oil and reduced balsamic vinegar.
- There will be leftover sauce for you to use, about 1/4 cup. You can multiply 1 ball per tomato to increase in quantity.
Measure the balsamic vinegar and pour into a saucepan. Bring it to a gentle boil over a low heat. For this Caprese, I used a simple balsamic reduction, which results in a pretty presentation and gorgeous flavor. Serve a platter of Caprese Salad on the Fourth! I usually do, and it's always a welcome treat amidst all the burgers and hot dogs and ribs and celebration and fun.
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