Caprese Salad

Recipe By:

KitchenAid

Prep Time:

15 Minutes

Serves:

The sweet smell and flavour of summer basil, perfumes the air on a summer evening. Matched with ripe, red tomatoes and creamy fresh bocconcini - the classic salad with a little 'twist' is perfected. This recipe uses the KitchenAid Platinum ExactSlice Food Processor.

Ingredients

50g parmesan cheese
1 cup wild rocket
3 ripe red Roma tomatoes
1 1/2 cups basil leaves
1 small red onion, halved
1 tub large bocconcini or 3 buffalo mozzarella, drained, torn into pieces
Juice of 1 lemon
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup parsley leaves
100ml extra virgin olive oil
Freshly ground salt and black peppercorns, to taste

Method

For best results use the KitchenAid Platinum ExactSlice Food Processor.
Attach the chefs bowl to the food processor with the coarse shredding disc. Cover and shred parmesan cheese. Remove chefs bowl and set aside. Arrange rocket onto serving platter. Attach the thick slicing blade to the work bowl of the food processor.
With the motor running, add the tomatoes (see tip). Remove tomatoes and arrange over rocket with several basil leaves. Add the onion to the chute and slice. Arrange onions over the tomatoes, top with more basil leaves, bocconcini and sprinkle over the parmesan cheese.
Place the mini bowl with the mini blade into the cooks bowl (large). Add lemon juice, garlic and parsley and process until finely chopped. While the motor is still running, drizzle in olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle over salad just before serving