Caprese Salad With Caper Vinaigrette

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 16 ounces balls fresh mozzarella cheese
• 2 large slicing tomatoes
• salt & fresh ground pepper (i used medium coarse sicilian salt)
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• 1 tablespoon capers, divided
• handful fresh basil leaf, chiffonade (*fresh*!)
• arugula leaves or heirloom lettuce

Recipe

• 1 use a serrated knife to slice each ball of mozzarella into 4 slices. repeat with the tomatoes, cutting each into 4 slices.
• 2 stack 2 slices of tomato and 2 slices of mozzarella, alternating as you stack, on each of 4 serving plates. as you stack, season each tomato slice with a pinch of salt and pepper. set aside.
• 3 in a blender, combine the olive oil, lemon juice and [half] of the capers. puree until smooth. season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• 4 drizzle a bit of the dressing over each mozzarella-­tomato stack. scatter basil ribbons, a few of the remaining capers and a bit of the lemon zest over each stack.