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This Boo-rata Halloween Salad is the perfect fun salad for this spooky season and a great dish to enjoy all of October.
You only need creamy burrata, colorful heirloom tomatoes, and fresh basil to make this delicious recipe. It’s a classic combination with a sweet presentation that everyone will love.
If you can’t find heirloom tomatoes, swap for cherry tomatoes, or make my Fig Bresaola Salad in a spooky Halloween edition.
Feel free to make this dish in advance (and store it in the fridge), but wait to pipe the balsamic glaze details until right before serving.
Boo-rata Halloween Salad
Ingredients
- 3-4 heirloom tomatoes
- 3 burrata
- 2 tablespoons balsamic glaze
- fresh basil leaves
- 2 kalamata olives
- 2 bocconcini
- metal straw
- piping utensil / bag
- olive oil
- sea salt
- black pepper
Instructions
- Slice the tomatoes and arrange them on a platter. If you have various colors like I do, place the darkest red at the top, one that is less red around the middle, and then the yellow tomato at the bottom to create an ombré effect.
- Dry the burrata off with a piece of kitchen towel.
- Place the cheese in the center of the platter.
- Slice the bocconcini balls and cut the slices into an oval shape to make the white part of the eyes.
- Use a metal straw to make pupils out of kalamata olives and top these onto the mozzarella eyes.
- Place the eyes on top of the burrata.
- Squeeze balsamic glaze into a piping utensil (or pipe it straight from the bottle).
- Shape the mouth and the curved bottom of the ghosts with balsamic glaze.
- Drizzle the tomatoes with olive oil, sea salt, and pepper (try to avoid getting olive oil on the ghosts as the balsamic glaze will run).
- Sprinkle sea salt on the boo-rata.
- Serve.
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