Caprese Salad Bites
Caprese Salad Bites
Featured in the Southern Living Community Cookbook, from the kitchen of Marci Parham in Birmingham, Alabama.
Ingredients
- 36 (4-inch) wooden skewers or picks
- 36 grape or cherry tomatoes (about 1 pt., depending on size)
- 12 small fresh mozzarella cheese balls, drained (8 oz)
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 tsp freshly black ground pepper
- 6 thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- Kosher salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cut the tomatoes in half crosswise. Cut each cheese ball crosswise into thirds.
- Thread 1 tomato half (cut side up), 1 piece of cheese, and another tomato half (cut side down) onto each skewer. Place skewers in a single layer in a shallow serving dish.
- Whisk together oil, vinegar, salt, pepper. Drizzle over skewers.
- Sprinkle skewers with basil, salt & pepper.