Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, tofu caprese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Grab a large plate and the toothpicks. Put half a tomato on the toothpick, followed by a tofu cube and then. Perfect summer plate - for lunch or dinner enjoy our silken tofu with juicy tomatoes 🍅 Plant based take on the Italian caprese.
Tofu Caprese is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Tofu Caprese is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have tofu caprese using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tofu Caprese:
- Prepare 1.5 oz tofu (extra firm, firm or soft as desired)
- Get 1 tomato
- Prepare 2-3 Basil leaves
- Make ready Olive oil
- Take Salt
- Take Black pepper
Pat the tofu thoroughly with kitchen towels to remove any excess water. Replace the mozzarella with tofu to make this caprese salad completely vegan, and absolutely refreshing! The Best Tomatoes for Caprese Salad. Although balsamic vinegar in any form isn't used in a classic Italian caprese, I'd argue balsamic glaze more than deserves its place in this salad.
Instructions to make Tofu Caprese:
- Remove water from tofu as much as possible and slice when ready. (You can wrap tofu with kitchen papers and let it sit for an hour. Add weight if necessary.)
- Slice tomato.
- Place sliced tofu and tomato alternately on a plate.
- Spray olive oil over and add salt & pepper.
- Break basil leaves with fingers and sprinkle over.
- FYI - I used this extra firm tofu from Trader’s Joe.
- FYI - olive oil spray is just for convenience. Of course regular olive oil is as good!
Vegan-ize a classic with this Simple Vegan Caprese Salad. This is a perfect appetizer or snack for sharing at BBQs and picnics this Spring! Take the classic Caprese salad, use baked tofu for the mozzarella, and everything else just falls into place. Enjoy summer's best tomatoes and fresh picked basil (growing in my deck garden!) in a new way. Tofu CapreseAus aromatischen Tomaten, geschmackvollem Olivenöl, festem Tofu und Basilikumblättern kann ein leckerer Tofu Caprese.
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