This colorful salad is made out of red and yellow tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, and other colorful ingredients. The preparation is simple, and the flavor is new.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 large yellow tomatoes, sliced
- 1 (4 ounce) package fresh basil, leaves stripped from stems
- 3 large red tomatoes, sliced
- 10 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 1 shallot, very thinly shaved
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, or to taste
- 1 ½ tablespoons aged balsamic vinegar, or to taste
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Arrange alternate slices of yellow tomato, whole basil leaves, slices of red tomato, and mozzarella cheese slices on a serving platter in rows; sprinkle with shaved shallot. Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar over the salad; season with salt and black pepper.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 221 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 11 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 80 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I did not make any changes to this recipe. Went to the farmers market for the heirloom tomatoes and the basil. Got the rest at a specialty market, went home and made it for dinner. It was absolutely delicious. Will make this again and again.
This was really good. I had a caprese salad at a local restaurant and loved it so I was excited to try this. The restaurant used sun dried tomatoes so i may try that next time to change it up a little. Thanks for the recipe!
Absolutely delicious. Beautiful combo of flavours. Thanks Tami, I’ll be making this on a very regular basis.
I have made in summer. Yummy! but when I make it…I slice red onion very thin and put it between tomato and cheese. It is so good this way. I make sure the red onion is sliced very, very thin.
I didn’t use any shallots and used a balsamic reduction glaze, caprese is marvelous and the yellow tomatoes make it even prettier on the plate. Thanks!
I didn’t use any shallots and used a balsamic reduction glaze, caprese is marvelous and the yellow tomatoes make it even prettier on the plate. Thanks!
This is a beautiful presentation! I love the addition of shallots. Brilliant combo. Caprese salad upgrade! I will try it with balsamic/honey reduction next time. Thank you for posting.