Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with Basil Oil
A perfectly balanced, colourful salad, this Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with Basil Oil will bring a ray of sunshine to every meal.
Ingredients
- 2 large tomatoes or 4 medium tomatoes
- 2 balls of mozzarella
- 1 small bunch basil around 4-5 sprigs
- 125 ml olive oil
- 1/4 garlic clove or to taste, optional
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Slice the tomatoes. I like to cut the tomatoes in half, taking the white part out where the stem was and then thickly slicing them.
- Next, slice the mozzarella and arrange both the tomatoes and mozzarella onto a plate.
For the basil oil there are three options, depending on what equipment you have to hand:
- Put the oil, basil, garlic and salt in a jar and blend with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Put the oil, basil, garlic and salt in a blender and whizz for a few seconds until smooth.
- Finely chop the garlic and basil and mix in a bowl with the oil and salt. This will give a coarser texture to the basil oil.
- Drizzle the basil oil over the tomatoes and mozzarella and serve.