With
such great, fresh ingredients like those you see below, there’s no
need to top this salad with a lot of dressing, though a good shot of
balsamic vinegar, with its evenly balanced and full-on sweet &
sour flavor adds a great shot of zest!
Preparation
Time: 5-10 minutes
Ingredients
(for 2)
1
Large Tomato
Handful
of Fresh Basil
Mozzarella
Cheese
Balsamic
Vinegar (optional but adds zest)
Olive
Oil
Salt
Ground
Black Pepper
Equipment
Cutting Board
Sharp (Chef’s)
Knife
Plate
1.
Rinse and shake dry 1 large tomato
and a handful of fresh basil.
2.
Carefully use a sharp knife to make a cone-shaped cut at the top
of the tomato to remove the tough,
fibrous stem patch.
Cut the tomato
into slices 1/4-1/2 inch (6-12 mm) wide.
3.
Pinch the basil leaves
from their stems with your thumb and forefinger. Then bunch and hold
the basil
to the cutting board with curled fingers, and cut the leaves
into pieces 1/8 - 1/4 inch (3-6 mm) wide. Finish by chopping the
basil
coarsely into smaller pieces.
4.
Cut the mozzarella cheese
into slices about 1/4 inch (6 mm) wide.
5.
Assemble the salad by
layering a tomato slice
with sliced mozzarella
and chopped basil
and repeating until you’ve used all the ingredients.
6.
Finish with light drizzle of olive
oil, a light dusting of both salt
and ground black pepper,
and an optional but fully flavorful shot
of balsamic
vinegar.
You can get
complete easy to follow step-by-step picture book directions by going
to the Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook website at www.gotta-eat.com.
Just hover over the “Salad and salad dressings” tab on the
banner in the middle of the homepage. Then click the picture of
“Tomato Salads” and click the picture of “Tomato, Fresh Basil &
Mozzarella Cheese Salad” to download the step-by-step picture book
recipe all entirely for free.
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