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Garlic-Basil Tomatoes with Mozzarella

This salad is the perfect showcase for your fresh garden tomatoes and basil!

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Prep Time 10 min
Total Time 3 hr 10 min
Servings 8

Ingredients

4: medium tomatoes, cut into 1/4-inch slices

1/4: cup plus 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil

3: tablespoons red wine vinegar

1: tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves

1/8: teaspoon salt

3: drops red pepper sauce

2: large garlic cloves, finely chopped

8: ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced

: Salad greens, if desired

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Directions

1 Place tomatoes in glass or plastic dish.
2 Shake remaining ingredients except cheese and salad greens in tightly covered container. Pour over tomatoes. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours to blend flavors, turning occasionally.
3 Layer cheese alternately with tomatoes on salad greens.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

The fresh mozzarella cheese called for in this recipe is a soft white cheese with a mild, delicate flavor. It has a different flavor than regular mozzarella and can be found in Italian markets, cheese shops and some supermarkets.

Tomato and Mozzarella Pitas are as easy as serving this fragrant mixture in pita bread halves.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 170
Calories from Fat: 125 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 14 g; 14 %
(Saturated Fat 4 g, 4 % ),
Cholesterol: 15 mg; 15 %;
Sodium: 190 mg; 190 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 4 g; 4 %
(Dietary Fiber 1 g 1 % ),
Protein: 8 g; 8 %

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 14%;
Vitamin C: 20%;
Calcium: 20%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1 Vegetable; 1 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 8/11/2011 5:05:50 PM REPORT ABUSE frozenpro said:

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My cousin's son brought this to a family reunion and everyone was so impressed. Then I saw it on your site and it looked exactly the same. I don't know if he put in the pepper sauce because I usually can't take anything spicy and this was delicious.

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Posted 8/13/2010 5:06:14 PM REPORT ABUSE MaryFletcherJones said:

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I agree that this recipe is only good with fresh basil, not dried (which I would only use in a cooked sauce, if that). Also you do not need the vinegar or the vinegar-based red pepper sauce -- just extra virgin olive oil -- since the tomatoes provide plenty of acid on their own. I suppose if you wanted some heat you could toss on some red pepper flakes, instead of the vinegar-based pepper sauce. Then you wouldn't lose the tomato flavor.

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Posted 12/28/2007 3:18:02 PM REPORT ABUSE Lil`porker said:

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I made this recepie with a little modification. I used the smaller fresh Mazzarella balls cut in half or quarted and went to the farmers market and purchased a variety of smaller cherry type tomatoes (at our market we have two couples that grow heirlom varieties and make a rainbow mix of tomatoes) this makes a gorgeous dish. I served it for staff at work one day on a bed of Organic spinich with some of the marinade. It was AWSOME! I even had a teen age boy enjoy this!

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