Mason & Mug’s Classic Caprese Salad

Name: Mason & Mug’s Classic Caprese Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 4 tomatoes; 1 medium eggplant or three baby eggplants; 1 ball of fresh mozzarella; ⅓ cup capers; ½ cup basil leaves; 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil; Flaky sea salt; ¼ cup balsamic vinegar

Itta Werdiger Roth • Dec 11, 2015 (Updated: Aug 20, 2019)Comment Jump to Recipe

This Classic Caprese Salad is brought to you by Mason & Mug kosher restaurant.

Mason & Mug’s Classic Caprese Salad

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

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Ingredients

4 tomatoes
1 medium eggplant or three baby eggplants
1 ball of fresh mozzarella
⅓ cup capers
½ cup basil leaves
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Flaky sea salt
¼ cup balsamic vinegar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F.
Slice eggplant into one-inch slices, drizzle with a bit of oil, and roast for 20 minutes.
Thinly slice tomatoes and mozzarella to the same width as the eggplant.
While eggplant is roasting, blend basil leaves and olive oil until smooth.
Layer eggplant, mozzarella, and tomatoes.
Top with capers, basil, oil, drizzle of balsamic, and sea salt flakes.
Recipe originally published in Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller Magazine Winter 2014 Subscribe Now