Caprese Salad Appetizers

Caprese Salad Appetizers

  Ready in : 15 mins

Caprese Salad Appetizers could be just the gluten free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and primal recipe you've been looking for. This recipe serves 8 and costs 82 cents per serving. One portion of this dish contains about 5g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 87 calories. 1 person has tried and liked this recipe. Not a lot of people really liked this hor d'oeuvre. Head to the store and pick up balsamic vinegar, mozzarella balls, basil leaves, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. It is brought to you by Foodista. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 15 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 16%. This score is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Eggplant Caprese Stack Appetizers, Insalata caprese all’americana (American-Style Caprese Salad), and Shrimp Salad Appetizers.

Ingredients

grape tomatoes

grape tomatoes

8

mozzarella balls

mozzarella balls

8

basil leaves

basil leaves

8

salt and pepper

salt and pepper

8 servings

balsamic vinegar

balsamic vinegar

8 servings

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Cut the tomatoes in half as straight across the diameter as you can.

    tomato

    tomato

  2. 2
    Place all of the tomatoes, cut side down on the cutting board. Insert the toothpick through one half of a tomato and slide it up the toothpick. Skewer a mozzarella ball and slide it up the toothpick until it is touching the tomato.

    mozzarella

    mozzarella

    tomato

    tomato

    cutting board
    cutting board
    toothpicks
    toothpicks
    skewers
    skewers
  3. 3
    Place one small basil leaf (or half of a large leaf) onto the skewer. Then with the tomato resting on the cutting board, cut side down, insert the toothpick as straight as possible into the tomato so that the tomato makes a base for the remainder of the toothpick.

    fresh basil

    fresh basil

    tomato

    tomato

    cutting board
    cutting board
    toothpicks
    toothpicks
    skewers
    skewers
  4. 4
    Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

  5. 5
    Drizzle with balsamic vinegar.

    balsamic vinegar

    balsamic vinegar

  6. 6
    Serve cold.