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For a healthy lunch that’s also cute, try this whimsical caprese toast with strawberries and fresh mozzarella balls shaped like toadstools and topped with basil.
Serve these charming toasts as a delicious lunch or starter. To make them bite-sized, swap the bread with crackers or crostini and plate them on your favorite platter with a crushed pistachio base for ‘moss.’
If you crave a more traditional caprese, skip the strawberries and use cherry tomatoes. Another option is to make a toadstool salad with arugula or spinach as the base, top with strawberry and mozzarella toadstools, and a tasty olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing. Yum.
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Toadstool Caprese Toast
Equipment
- piping utensil or bag
Ingredients
- 2 slices sourdough bread
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon balsamic glaze
- 5 strawberries
- 5 mozzarella balls, mini (bocconcini)
- fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- sea salt, to taste
Instructions
- Slice the sourdough.
- Spread the cream cheese on top of the bread slices.
- Drizzle with balsamic glaze and use a knife to smooth over the glaze.
- Halve the strawberries and cut off the bottom leaves in a straight line across.
- Use a melon baller to scoop out the inside of the strawberry.
- Halve the bocconcinis.
- Arrange all the toadstools on the toast and place a basil leaf under each mushroom.
- Use a toothpick or piping utensil to add the mayo dots to the toadstools.
- Add more basil leaves if you wish.
- Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
