Got lots of tomatoes? Make this pasta variation of the classic Caprese Salad. My husband Bill asked for this dish not once-but twice last week.
- Cube fresh mozzarella cheese and put in a large bowl.
- Boil water and cook your favorite pasta. Drain. Then pour warm pasta over the cheese and toss.
- Next add 1 or 2 chopped fresh tomatoes and their juices, minced garlic, and capers in salt (rinsed and drained).
- Finish the dish with lots of good olive oil and chopped fresh basil. Serve at room temperature with bread to soak up the juice.
Note: . I’m lucky enough to do some part-time writing for Capri Flavors, the local Italian food importer. They have high-quality olive oil, capers in salt, and real buffalo mozzarella cheese that’s shipped from Italy frozen ( so even retired people lik e me can afford it).
I use all three of those favorite items in this dish. And yes, I would serve this easy, meat less pasta to guests. Is there anything better that fresh home-grown tomatoes? What a delicacy!
You Should Grow That! 
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July 24, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Jill Page
Hi Chris. Wish we had all those fresh tomatoes. Planted 6 plants and no ripe ones yet. Plenty on them but only few cherry have ripened. Now we have little white flies that have taken up residence in 3 of the plants…one of them also has something eating the leaves. Though green catepillar but no trace of him/her. Read one web article said we should destroy the plants that have the flies. Oh, bother.
Hope you’re doing well. Say hi to Bill and a pet for Tralee. Jill
July 25, 2012 at 3:53 pm
christine ramsey
If I pulled out plants with white flies, I’d probably never have any tomatoes. My mater plants are looking pretty beat up and ugly right now, but still producting and the fruit tastes good–so they stay. It’s been so hot that it’s hard not to have white flies if you don’t use chemicals. They are pretty typical in my garden this time of year. I imagaine my plants will burn up (meaning look like hell and quit producing) in a few weeks. I took a page from my friend Robert’s book and rooted some suckers. Maybe I’ll start new plants in a week or two.
July 25, 2012 at 1:01 am
Teddy
Hey Christine! I made this Caprese pasta this weekend. It was delicious. I used tomatoes from the plants I got in the plant swap. Wonderful.
P.s. the rain Lillie’s are blooming!
July 25, 2012 at 3:48 pm
christine ramsey
Teddy–glad the recipe and the plants worked out for you! Thanks for letting me know. I’ll have a potato vine for you at the fall swap.