🇮🇹 Italian Vegetarian

Cherry Tomatoes Caprese

Name: Cherry Tomatoes 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; 400 g Cherry Tomatoes

🇮🇹 Italian

Fresh, zingy and full of texture: cherry tomatoes tossed with herbs and a sharp citrus dressing. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

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
Cherry Tomatoes400 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the cherry tomatoes — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the cherry tomatoes 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

For deeper flavour, toast the dried oregano in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Cherry Tomato Caprese Salad Recipe · on YouTube