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Caprese stuffed avocado
Recipe for caprese stuffed avocado, a delicious appetizer or salad made by filling ripe avocados with tomato and mozzarella caprese salad drizzled with balsamic vinegar reduction.
Course
Appetizer, Salad
Cuisine
Fusion, Italian, Latin fusion
Keyword
Avocado, Basil sauce, Caprese avocado, Mozzarella, Stuffed avocados, Tomato
Prep Time
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
people as a main salad or for 8 people as an appetizer
Ingredients
1
pint
of cherry or grape tomatoes
cut in halves
8
oz
or ½ lb of mozzarella pearls or ciliegine
½
cup
basil garlic oil sauce
adjust to taste
4
avocados
Lettuce or salad greens to serve with the avocados - optional
4 - 6
tablespoons
balsamic vinegar reduction sauce to drizzle
adjust to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
For the tomato caprese filling:
Place the tomatoes, mozzarella pearls or ciliegine in a bowl with the
basil oil
, mix well.
Can be used immediately or refrigerated until ready to assemble the avocados.
For the caprese stuffed avocados:
Cut the avocados in half lengthwise, remove pits and carefully peel the avocado halves.
Place the peel avocado halves on a plate, can place over lettuce or salad greens.
Spoon the tomato mozzarella caprese filling into the avocado halves.
Drizzle with the
balsamic vinegar reduction
and serve immediately.