Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, caprese orzo salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Caprese Orzo Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Caprese Orzo Salad is something which I have loved my whole life.
Caprese Orzo Pasta Salad is a light and refreshing salad, made with orzo pasta, grape tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh basil. This easy orzo pasta salad is so quick to make, perfect to take to a picnic. This Caprese orzo salad is a delicious spring and summer side dish - perfect for a picnic or family barbecue.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook caprese orzo salad using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Caprese Orzo Salad:
- Make ready 1 cup dry orzo pasta
- Make ready 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- Prepare 1 (8 oz) container of mozzarella pearls
- Make ready handful chopped fresh basil
- Make ready 1/2 cup olive oil
- Get 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- Make ready 2 tsp dijon mustard
- Take 2 garlic cloves minced
- Get pinch salt and pepper
- Get 2 tsp honey
This Caprese Pasta Salad is so quick and easy to put together! Full of orzo pasta, mozzarella, sun It started with a base of orzo. If you've never had orzo, you're seriously missing out. Pour pasta into strainer and run cold water on pasta to prevent further cooking.
Steps 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).
Be the first to review this recipe. If not serving immediately, salad should be kept refrigerated and extra dressing should be added just before serving. Orzo pasta is tossed with artichoke hearts, cucumber, feta, tomato, olives and a zesty dressing. Orzo Salad Salads Pasta Meals Sweet Food Power Supply Meals Candy Meal. Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis.
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