Fresh Lemon Pesto Caprese Salad Recipe (video)
We are in the heart of tomato season, so we've got a bunch of fresh tomatoes out on the balcony, and they are delicious. We thought this would be a great opportunity for a nice fresh caprese salad! Now, of course, the simplest expression of the caprese salad is slices of tomato and cheese with some basil leaves and a drizzle of excellent olive oil, and that is a great way to do it. We took it a little further and made a quick dressing out of some pesto we had made (also from basil from our garden), and lemon juice.
The cheese we used here is extremely soft and kind of clumped together. You could also do this with those little bocconcini cut in half, or a less soft fresh mozzarella. This one was so soft it was halfway to a burrata. It tasted amazing, but it lost some points on looks. Of course you can do this recipe without the dressing, and just drizzle some good olive oil in there, but loved that little extra flavour boost from the lemon juice and pesto, doubling down on the basil.
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