Caprese Salad with toasted Pistachios

By The Vineyard Restaurant & Bar

Caprese Salad with toasted Pistachios

Yield

2-3 servings

Ingredients

4 oz Mozzarella, fresh

1 each Tomato, medium

5 each Basil Leaves, fresh

1/2 cup Pistachios, toasted and chopped

Salt to taste

Balsamic Vinegar, aged as needed

Pistachio Oil as needed

Instructions

Slice tomato and mozzarella into five equal pieces. Arrange tomato and mozzarella slices on a platter. Add basil leaves between the slices. Drizzle pistachio oil over the top of the salad, getting a little bit on each slice. Do the same with the balsamic vinegar. Finish with toasted and chopped pistachios and a sprinkling of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. 

Pro Tip:

Pistachio oil is a pressed oil, extracted from the fruit of Pistacia vera, the pistachio nut. Pistachio oil has a particularly strong flavor and tastes like the nut from which it is extracted. Pistachio oil is high in Vitamin E and is used as a table oil to add flavor to foods such as this amazing Caprese Salad.

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