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Caprese Boats

Name: Caprese Boats
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 3 ripe avocados; ½ cup shredded fresh mozzarella; ½ cup sliced cherry tomatoes; ½ cup torn basil leaves; Juice of one lemon; ¼ cup balsamic reduction; Garnish: extra virgin olive oil (flaky sea salt, freshly ground black pepper)

Shifra Klein • Oct 11, 2019Comment Jump to Recipe

Avocados know no boundaries; they even work in traditional Italian recipes. Take your favorite caprese ingredients and pile them into avocados for a quick, refreshing, and light weekday dinner or lunch.

Find more salads to complement your avocados, Stuffed Avocados.

Caprese Boats

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

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Ingredients

3 ripe avocados
½ cup shredded fresh mozzarella
½ cup sliced cherry tomatoes
½ cup torn basil leaves
Juice of one lemon
¼ cup balsamic reduction
Garnish: extra virgin olive oil flaky sea salt, freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Slice avocados in half and remove pits.
In a medium bowl, combine fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil leaves, and lemon juice.
Fill avocado with cheese mixture.
Top with balsamic reduction, evoo, salt, and pepper. Serve immediately.

Category: RecipesSide Dishes

Cuisine: Italian

Holidays: PassoverShabbatShavuotSukkot

Diets: DairyGluten FreeVegetarian

About Shifra Klein

Shifra Klein is the former editor-in-chief at Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller Magazine. She aims to reinvent the way you think about food. Shifra lives with her husband, two sons and daughter in New York.