🇮🇹 Italian Vegetarian

Pumpkin Caprese

Name: Pumpkin Caprese
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; 4 Tomato; 1, juiced Lemon; 250 g Mozzarella Cheese; handful, torn Fresh Basil; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 500 g, cubed Pumpkin

🇮🇹 Italian

A bright, herb-packed italian salad where pumpkin meets a punchy dressing — fresh, loud and addictive. About 15 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Tomato4
Lemon1, juiced
Mozzarella Cheese250 g
Fresh Basilhandful, torn
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Pumpkin500 g, cubed

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the pumpkin — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the pumpkin with the onion, fresh basil and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lemon just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Caprese Salad with Italian Pumpkin Dust Delicious Healthy · on YouTube