Mozzarella Cheese Salad

Name: Mozzarella Cheese Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons wine vinegar; 1 mozzarella cheese; ½ cucumber; 4 large tomatoes; 1 clove garlic; 1.5 dl/¼ pint olive oil; salt and freshly milled pepper; salt and freshly milled pepper; dried oregano

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

Mozzarella cheese from Italy has a smooth texture and is absolutely white in colour. It’s a cheese that can do with a little ‘dressing up’ and goes well with salad ingredients. Serve it with sliced tomato and cucumber to make a striking first course that is cool and fresh on a hot day.

Ingredients

1 mozzarella cheese
½ cucumber
4 large tomatoes

Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Raw

Method

Remove the paper wrapping and slice the mozzarella cheese. Peel and thinly slice the cucumber; skin and slice the tomatoes.

Peel the garlic and leave to marinate in the oil for about 1 hour. When the oil has taken the flavour remove and discard the garlic. Place a seasoning of salt and pepper, the oregano and the vinegar in a basin, add the oil and mix well.

Arrange slices of mo