Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, caprese orzo salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook caprese orzo salad using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Caprese Orzo Salad:
- Get 1 cup dry orzo pasta
- Make ready 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- Get 1 (8 oz) container of mozzarella pearls
- Take handful chopped fresh basil
- Prepare 1/2 cup olive oil
- Make ready 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- Make ready 2 tsp dijon mustard
- Take 2 garlic cloves minced
- Get pinch salt and pepper
- Make ready 2 tsp honey
Drain the orzo through a strainer. Transfer the orzo to a large wide bowl and toss until the orzo cools slightly. Pour pasta into strainer and run cold water on pasta to prevent further cooking. Greek Orzo Salad is perfect to make year-round and it goes perfectly with grilled chicken.
Instructions to make Caprese Orzo Salad:
- Cook the orzo in salted water according to package directions. Drain and set aside to cool, tossing occasionally so that the orzo doesn't clump together.
- While the orzo is cooking and cooling, prepare the dressing by combining the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Dijon, honey, minced garlic, salt, and pepper. You may whisk it vigorously in a bowl, shake it in a tightly-sealed jar, or pulse it in a mini food processor.
- Once the orzo is cool, transfer to a large bowl. Carefully mix in fresh mozzarella, tomato halves, basil chiffonade, and about 2/3 of the prepared vinaigrette, or as much as you prefer. Adjust salt and pepper, to taste. Serve immediately or refrigerate and serve chilled, stirring in additional dressing just before serving (since the dressing will soak into the pasta while in the fridge).
It's a healthy and filling, veggie-packed pasta salad, and of course if you want to make it even healthier you could. Caprese salad (Italian: Insalata Caprese or simply Caprese; [kaˈpreːze]) is a simple Italian salad, made of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and sweet basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil. This simple yet flavourful salad is the perfect solution for a light dinner. It can be served alone, as a side dish, or as a. How to Make Greek Orzo Salad: How do you keep Orzo from sticking together?
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