Caprese Salad with Olives

Caprese Salad is the perfect appetizer or main meal! Cherry tomatoes and mini mozzarella balls are tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette that marries gorgeously with fresh basil, pinenuts and greek black olives.

It is a great side dish, but you can also enjoy it as a light meal with a crusty slice of garlic bread! The secret for this recipe is to add fresh ingredients. This will give a unique taste!

The original italian Caprese salad is made with sliced tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil, and extra virgin olive oil. My approach in making this salad includes a "twist" by adding pinenuts, greek black olives and balsamic glaze. It takes only a few minutes to be made! it is super healthy, so tasty and is looking gorgeous! Don't you agree??

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Recipe

Servings: 2-4

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

400 gr. cherry tomatoes, cut in half

250 gr. mini mozzarella balls

2 cups black olives

2 tbsp. pinenuts

2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

2 tbsp. balsamic glaze

Flaky sea salt

Ground black pepper

Basil leaves

Method

• Add cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and black olives to a medium bowl and set aside.

• In a small bowl or mason jar, mix olive oil, balsamic glaze, salt and ground black pepper.

• Pour dressing over salad and toss gently.

• Garnish with basil leaves and enjoy!

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