Christmas Caprese Salad
This Christmas Caprese Salad is a festive twist on a classic Italian dish. It's shaped like a Christmas tree, with layers of tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. Fresh herbs, lemon wedges, cabbage, balsamic glaze, and cheese stars decorate the salad. It's perfect as an appetizer or for a holiday party buffet.
Servings 6
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Ingredients
- 2 large fresh mozzarella balls
- 3 fleshy red tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons balsamic glaze
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup shredded purple cabbage
- kosher salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon almonds
- crackers baton shaped to make trunk
- ½ lemon
- fresh basil
- fresh parsley
- 1-2 slices Provolone cheese cut into snowflakes
- red berries currants, raspberries or cranberries
Instructions
- Blot the mozzarella with a towel and slice onto rounds. Cut a small star out one of the pieces mozzarella using a star cookie cutter.
- Rinse tomatoes in cold water, blot in a towel. Remove the stems and slice into circles.
- Cut the lemon into circles, remove the seeds and cut each slice in 4 to make wedges,
- Place a tomato slice and on a dry clean board decorated with a sprig of greenery and layer a piece of mozzarella over it. In the next row, lay out 2 fresh mozzarella slices with 1 tomato slice between them.
- Continue assembling the Christmas tree so that each row is a little wider. Arrange lemon slices over each row and place the fresh basil randomly. Use oblong-shaped crackers to make the trunk. Place a star on top.
- Using a teaspoon, form balls of purple cabbage. Arrange the scoops of colorful cabbage on the edible Christmas tree.
- Drizzle the salad with the balsamic dressing and olive oil.
- Decorate the Christmas tree and board with almonds, arranging them in pairs like pinecones. Add the berries and parsley where you like. Sprinkle Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper over the salad and board.