Best Stacked Caprese Salad Recipes

Stacked Caprese Salad Recipe - (4.5/5) image

Provided by devogirl

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 very large, ripe tomato
1 large ball Buffalo mozzarella
1 bunch asparagus
Fresh basil
1 tablespoon capers, drained and rinsed
Balsamic vinegar
Lemon infused olive oil
Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
Micro greens for garnish

Steps:

Cook the asparagus: Boil salted water in a pot. Add the asparagus spears. Cook the asparagus for roughly 2 minutes. Remove asparagus from pot and shock in ice water to stop the cooking and chill the asparagus. Slice the tomato roughly 1/2-inch thick. Slice the mozzarella roughly the same size as the tomato slices. Layer on a plate in order listed: Salted tomato, Basil leaves, Mozzarella, season with freshly ground black pepper. Another tomato slice, salted. Asparagus spears (alternating direction), drizzled with a little lemon infused olive oil. Slice of mozzarella, peppered More basil leaves. Last slice of tomato. Garnish with micro greens. Drop little drops of balsamic vinegar on serving plate. Serve & enjoy! :)

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Provided by Tyler Florence

Categories side-dish

Time 15m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

6 vine-ripened tomatoes, stems left on
6 balls buffalo mozzarella
1/2 bunch fresh basil leaves
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
6 teaspoons red wine vinegar

Steps:

Slice each tomato horizontally into 5 sections. Slice each mozzarella ball into 4 pieces. Place the bottom piece of a tomato onto a plate and top it with a piece of cheese and a basil leaf. Keep layering until you have reformed each tomato ending with the stemmed piece. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 teaspoon of vinegar over each tomato.