Caprese Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes is one of the most simple yet delicious dishes out there. It only takes minutes to throw together, the colors just jump off the plate and just so beautiful. There is a catch though, you HAVE to use fresh tomatoes when they are in season. There are only a few ingredients to this dish, make sure they are the best! This dish is perfect for late summer here in the Midwest. The tomatoes are at their peak and the varieties are endless. This year we had Better Boy, Mr. Stripey, and Cherokee Purple varieties. We have a few tomato plants here at the house and it is my goal for next year to have a larger garden with more variety.
I am very lucky to have some amazing friends who grow a large garden every year and are happy to share. I always tag the recipes that have been made with the fruits of their labor with #marburgergarden. This recipe double duties as a perfect starter to a summer meal or an easy side dish. What are your favorite varieties of tomato? Even though this growing season is coming to a close I am already thinking about what we can plant next year!
Here are a few more recipes to use up all that delicious summer produce.
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Heirloom Caprese Salad
Ingredients
- 4 large tomatoes Use any heirloom or fresh garden tomato
- 1 pound fresh mozzarella cheese
- few sprigs fresh basil
- olive oil
- balsamic vinegar
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Slice tomatoes and cheese into slices around the same thickness. Shingle slices of the tomatoes and cheese on a platter alternating every other one. Break of leaves of the basil and tuck them in between some of the tomatoes and cheese.
- Drizzle with a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Season with salt and fresh cracked pepper.
