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Recipe courtesy of Ree Drummond

Caprese Salad

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Nutritional Analysis
    Per Serving
    Calories
    248
    Total Fat
    17 grams
    Saturated Fat
    7 grams
    Cholesterol
    35 milligrams
    Sodium
    167 milligrams
    Carbohydrates
    13 grams
    Dietary Fiber
    0.5 grams
    Sugar
    11 grams
    Protein
    8 grams
  • Total: 1 hr
  • Prep: 25 min
  • Inactive: 20 min
  • Cook: 15 min
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Ingredients

2 cups balsamic vinegar

3 ripe tomatoes

12 ounces fresh mozzarella, thickly sliced

Large bunch fresh basil leaves

Olive oil, for drizzling

Large pinch kosher salt

Large pinch freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Measure the balsamic vinegar and pour into a saucepan. Bring it to a gentle boil over a low heat. Cook it until the balsamic vinegar has reduced to a nice thick glaze (but still pourable), about 15 minutes. Oh and one other thing, your house will stink. But it's a good kind of stink, it's a vinegary stink. Allow the reduction to cool to room temperature before you serve it.
  2. When you are ready to assemble the salad, cut the tomatoes into thick slices. Arrange them on a platter, alternating them with the mozzarella slices. Tuck the whole basil leaves in between the tomato and cheese slices.
  3. Drizzle on the gorgeous, almost black balsamic reduction. Then drizzle olive oil in a thin stream over the top. Finally, sprinkle on salt and pepper.
  4. You need this in your life. Make it today my friends.
Show: The Pioneer Woman
Episode: Fourth of July

Categories:

Tomato Side Dish Side Dish Tomato Mozzarella Recipes Diabetes-Friendly Low Calorie Low-Cholesterol Gluten Free Low Sodium Low-Carb

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sjmaisano28

Ive had a version of this. My friend introduced me to this salad. She also bought the balsamic alreadybdone up , but she did two extra things, She layered wedges of avocado and sometimes cold hard boiled egg. Then of course the othervTomato , ball mozzarella. So not sure what youd call this but she said it was cipreses salad. As I've never had it Of course I thought it to be so light and wonderful on the pallette, different tastes and textures. Very important. As important as sometimes the "hot cold" idea only different. So although not a traditional cipreses salad now that im actually reading about it, This was one of the most refreshing salads I have ever had. I believe I could have done without the hard boiled egg, although it had a good balanced taste, it changed the texture a bit. So yeah tomatoes, Ball mozzarella, wedged avocado, ready made basamic vinegar and olive oil reduction or drizzle, and basil. Wonderful. I could est this everyday. I'm sorry If im not supposed to add this comment but ibreally thought this lady was serving me cipreses salad and it wasn't traditional, but it sure was good with the avocado in the mix. Even the hard boiled egg was ok but I'd do without it for texture reasons. You're salad is traditional and wonderful. I just wanted you all to know what I was served in the place of cipreses salad. <br />Thanks for your time and allowing me to chime in !<br />Sjm

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