Caprese Towers

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 4 TABLESPOONS White wine vinegar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp freshly ground pepper
  • 1 TEASPOON Mustard
  • 1 TABLESPOON Honey
  • 4 TABLESPOONS + 100 ml sunflower oil
  • 4 Vine tomatoes
  • 2 Eggs (size M)
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Flour
  • 80 g Panko (Japanese bread flakes)
  • 1/2 Pot of basil
  • 2 (125 g each) balls of mozzarella cheese
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Balsamic cream

Directions

  1. 1

    For the vinaigrette, whisk vinegar, salt, pepper, mustard and honey. Add 4 tablespoons of oil drop by drop. Wash and clean the tomatoes and cut into 3 thick slices. Whisk eggs in a deep dish.

  2. 2

    Season tomato slices with salt and turn them first in flour, then in egg and finally in panko.

  3. 3

    Wash basil, shake dry, pluck leaves from the stalks. Cut cheese into 8 slices. Heat 100 ml oil in a large pan, fry tomatoes in it in portions on each side for about 3 minutes.

  4. 4

    Tomatoes, basil and cheese alternately layered on top of each other and arranged in 4 towers, drizzle with vinaigrette and balsamic cream. Sprinkle with remaining basil leaves and pepper.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
460 kcal
CARBS
21 g
FATS
33 g
PROTEINS
20 g