Candy Cane Caprese Salad is made with fresh mozzarella, basil, and fresh tomatoes. This is an easy and fun Christmas appetizer recipe that will impress your guests and please your tastebuds! Get the entire family in on this fun Christmas Caprese board!
Candy Cane Caprese Salad is perfect for celebrating Christmas and is a lovely Christmas appetizer. This easy appetizer recipe pairs well with Christmas Prime Rib and Citrus Spiced Mulled Wine and why not have that with Mandarin Orange Cranberry Sauce and enjoy Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies for dessert. You've got an entire Christmas Menu right here!
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🎄 Ingredients You'll Need For Festive Christmas Candy Cane Caprese Salad
All you need are a few ingredients to make this Christmas salad easy to make and healthy to eat!
What you'll need for Festive Christmas Caprese Salad:
- Fresh Mozzarella Log (Pre-sliced is easy and I buy it at Trader Joe's)
- Fresh Basil Leaves (You can also use fresh mint leaves too)
- Beef Steak Tomatoes or Heirloom tomatoes (although hard to find them in stores this time of year)
- Balsamic Glaze
- Celtic Sea Salt
See full recipe card below for quantities
🎄Mozarella Cheese And Tomato Appetizer Candy Cane Salad
Step 1: The first step to building a Candy Cane Caprese Salad is you want to first slice your beef steak tomatoes into even slices and pull apart the basil leaves and put them into a stack. The pre-sliced mozzarella is all ready to go so we don't have to worry about that.
Step 2: Place the tomatoes, basil leaves, and mozzarella onto a cutting board.
Step 3: We make the candy cane appetizer board by placing a tomato slice, next a mozzarella slice, then place a basil leaf, and so on and so on.
Step 4: We repeat this step until we have the shape of a candy cane.
Step 4: Drizzle with olive oil, balsamic glaze, and Celtic sea salt. Now, you've got a Candy Cane Caprese Salad.
Now you've got the perfect mozzarella cheese basil and tomato appetizer!
🎄 How To Make This Christmas Caprese Salad
Check out this recipe video below and Watch Me Build at Candy Cane Caprese Board. It's super easy and fun!
🎄TOMATO CAPRESE VARIATIONS AND QUESTIONS
What's the difference between Burrata cheese and Mozzarella?
- You can use Burrata cheese instead of Mozzarella and the major difference is Burrata is essentially stracciatella — mozzarella that has been stretched, torn into thin strands, and soaked in cream — that is then encased by a layer of fresh mozzarella, and sealed or tied up to make a ball.
What is the simple Italian salad made of mozzarella tomatoes and basil?
- A Caprese Salad is an Italian salad made of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and fresh basil drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and typically includes a toasted baguette with toasted baguette slices.
Is This Recipe Considered Gluten Free?
- Yes, it is! As long as you do not serve it with toasted baguette slices.
How Long Is the Prep time For This Candy Cane Caprese Board?
- It takes less than 10 minutes to prep this delicious Christmas appetizer recipe.
What Type Of Charcuterie Board Should I use For This Recipe?
- I highly recommend this gorgeous marble slab. I bought mine from William Sonoma, but you can also find beautiful cutting boards on Amazon!
What is the difference between Caprese and Brushetta?
- Bruschetta is small toasted bread slices with tomato and basil mixture. Caprese is a salad of sliced tomatoes, sliced fresh mozzarella, and fresh basil leaves.
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📖 Recipe
Candy Cane Caprese Salad
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Fresh Mozzarella Sliced Cheese
- 1 Bunch Fresh Basil
- 3 Beef Steak Tomatoes
- 2 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 tablespoon Balsamic Drizzle
- Celtic Sea Salt
Instructions
- The first step to building a Candy Cane Caprese Salad is you want to first slice your beef steak tomatoes into even slices and pull apart the basil leaves and put them into a stack. The pre-sliced mozzarella is all ready to go so we don't have to worry about that.
- Place the tomatoes, basil leaves, and mozzarella onto a cutting board.
- We make the candy cane appetizer board by placing a tomato slice, next a mozzarella slice, then place a basil leaf and repeat this pattern until you have a candy cane shape.
- Drizzle with olive oil, balsamic glaze, and Celtic sea salt. Now, you've got a Candy Cane Caprese Salad.
Notes
- Yes, it is! As long as you do not serve it with toasted baguette slices.
- It takes less than 10 minutes to prep this delicious Christmas appetizer recipe.
- I highly recommend this gorgeous marble slab. I bought mine from William Sonoma, but you can also find beautiful cutting boards on Amazon!
- Bruschetta is small toasted bread slices with tomato and basil mixture. Caprese is a salad of sliced tomatoes, sliced fresh mozzarella, and fresh basil leaves.
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