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Baked mozzarella with oven-baked tomatoes

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 4 sprigs basil
  • 25 g olives
  • 20 g breadcrumbs
  • 4 balls of buffalo mozzarella
  • 16 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 garlic clove(s)
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • some lemon zest from an organic lemon

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 7 minutes; Total time approx. 17 minutes

simple, quick and vegetarian

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius (425 degrees Fahrenheit). Wash the basil and shake dry. Blend the olives, garlic clove, and a few basil leaves together with the breadcrumbs and lemon zest in a blender. Drain the mozzarella, place it in a baking dish, and pile the olive crumbs on top. Wash the tomatoes and arrange them around the cheese. Drizzle everything with olive oil. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes and serve immediately, sprinkled with the remaining basil leaves.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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