Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, caprese orzo salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Caprese Orzo Salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Caprese Orzo Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook caprese orzo salad using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Caprese Orzo Salad:
- Take 1 cup dry orzo pasta
- Make ready 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- Make ready 1 (8 oz) container of mozzarella pearls
- Take handful chopped fresh basil
- Take 1/2 cup olive oil
- Make ready 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- Get 2 tsp dijon mustard
- Prepare 2 garlic cloves minced
- Make ready pinch salt and pepper
- Prepare 2 tsp honey
Instructions 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).
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