Classic Caprese Salad

The secret to this very simple dish is top quality ingredients. It only works with ripe flavourful tomatoes and a quality virgin olive oil.

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4
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Ingredients

4	Whole	Tomatoes	Try ox hearts if you can find them.
1/2	Kg	Mozarella Cheese	Or imported Buffalo Mozzarella – these are entirely different from the plastic-y bright yellow stuff that goes on pizzas.
15	Leaves	Fresh Basil
4	Tbsp	Extra Virgin Olive Oil	Very good, fresh olive oil.

Directions

Cut the tomatoes and cheese into slices of equal thickness and place the cheese on top of the tomatoes.

Season with sea salt and black pepper and top with basil leaves and drizzle olive oil over the lot.