Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mike's caprese salad with balsamic reduction. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

The lovely Italian salad of sliced tomato, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil leaves gets a drizzle of sweet, tangy balsamic vinegar reduction for a gourmet summer treat. All Reviews for Caprese Salad with Balsamic Reduction. On today's episode, I show you how to make caprese salad with balsamic reduction, aka, tomato basil mozzarella salad.

Mike's Caprese Salad With Balsamic Reduction is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Mike's Caprese Salad With Balsamic Reduction is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mike's caprese salad with balsamic reduction using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's Caprese Salad With Balsamic Reduction:

1. Make ready Caprese Salad With Vinegar Reduction
2. Get 1 (16 oz) Quality Mozterella Cheese
3. Make ready 1 Quality Bottle Balsamic Vinegar
4. Make ready 1 package Fresh Basil Leaves [or 1/2 cup from your garden]
5. Make ready 2 LG Extra Firm Beefeater Tomatoes
6. Prepare 1 tsp Sea Salt [divided]

It is hard to beat such a classic dish as this one but there are ways to tweak it and make it even better. I made this recipe for dinner the other night. Yes, that was our entire dinner but to be fair I did make a full plate of it. Set the balsamic reduction aside to cool.

Instructions to make Mike's Caprese Salad With Balsamic Reduction:

1. Slice tomatoes and Mozterella. Gather your fresh Basil leaves.
2. Construct your salads.
3. Lightly drizzle your olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar on top your salad. Sprinkle salad with sea salt.
4. Serve chilled as an antipasto. [a starter or appetizer]
5. REDUCTION INSTRUCTIONS - - In a small, nonreactive pan, add your balsamic vinegar and any other herbs you prefer. - - Turn your kitchen fan on and open a window as the vinegar fumes will waft throughout your home. - - Bring vinegar to a simmer over medium-high heat, then turn down heat to keep it at a low simmer. This process will take about 10 - 15 minutes to thicken up and reduce. Watch very closely at the end as you don't want to burn your reduction. When it coats a spoon, you'll know it's completed. - - Your sauce will thicken up considerably once it has cooled. You can make it less thick or, make it as thick as molasses. Anything more will result in burning. To thin once cooled, gently reheat and add a little water as needed.

Arrange alternate slices of tomato and mozzarella cheese decoratively on a serving platter. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper, spread fresh basil leaves over the salad, and drizzle with olive oil and the balsamic reduction. For the balsamic reduction: In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, bring the balsamic vinegar to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and let simmer, swirling the pan occasionally, until reduced to about Lightly drizzle the olive oil and balsamic reduction over the salad and sprinkle with salt and pepper. This Italian salad of sliced tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil gets a drizzle of sweet, balsamic vinegar reduction for a flavour boost.

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