Make Ahead Caprese Skewers
Crafted with the simple ingredients you'd find in a Caprese salad, these caprese skewers are a total winner whether you're looking for a quick afternoon snack or a nice appetizer.
Ingredients
- 12 Cherry Tomatoes
- ½ cup Mozzarella Pearls
- 24 Fresh Basil Leaves
- 1 tablespoon Balsamic Glaze
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Once you have all your ingredients ready, here's what you'll need to do to make caprese skewers.
- On a skewer place 2 small pearls of mozzarella. Then add a basil leaf. You can fold them in half if they're too big.
- Then add a cherry tomato or use two cherry tomatoes if they're smaller in size. Then add another basil leaf.
- And add 2 small mozzarella pearls again. Repeat until you run out of ingredients.
- Drizzle balsamic glaze and season with black pepper to taste.
Notes
Based on what you can find, you can use either cherry or grape tomatoes to make these mini caprese skewers.
Check your local grocery store for the best, fresh mozzarella balls, grape or cherry tomatoes and basil leaves.
To make sure the caprese skewers look nice and balanced, try to get your hands on grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes that are roughly the same size as the mozzarella balls.
If you don't have the balsamic glaze that the recipe calls for, you can simply make it yourself by reducing balsamic vinegar in a small saucepan on low heat until it gets a nice, thicker consistency.
You can also add some garlic powder to the balsamic reduction if you want some extra flavor.
Also remember to season the caprese salad skewers well with salt and pepper to get them to have the best flavor.
You can also choose to drizzle some olive oil over the skewers if you want to.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 16kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 102mgPotassium: 39mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 125IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 0.1mg
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