Cooking Recipe Peppery Mozzarella Salad
Recipe Ingredients
6 oz
Mozzarella cheese
2 lg
Beefsteak tomatoes, cut in
-half
1
Ripe avacado
2
Shallots, peeled, thinly
-sliced
1/3 c
Olive oil
2 tb
Lemon juice
1/2 ts
Sugar
Salt to taste
1/2 ts
Dry mustard
2 ts
Green peppercorns, crushed
1/2 ts
Dried oregano
Crusty bread or bread sticks
Directions
Thinly slice cheese and tomato and arrange on 4 small plates.
Cut avacado in thin slices and arrange with cheese and tomato.
Separate shallots in rings and scatter over salad.
In a screw-tipped jar, combine olive oil, lemon juice, sugar, salt,
peppercorns and oregano. Shake vigorously until well blended. Spoon
over salad and let marinate 1 hour. Garnish with basil, if desired,
and serve with warm crusty bread or bread sticks.