Tomato and Garlic Crouton Salad

Name: Tomato and Garlic Crouton Salad
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 basil leaves, chopped; 3 Tbsps butter; 1 loafs ciabatta bread, cut into small cubes; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 pints red and yellow, grape and pear tomatoes, sliced in 1/2; 237 milliliters halved, sliced kalamata olives; 227 grams perlini mozzarella; 3 Tbsps olive oil, plus 1/4 cup; 0 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 3 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Tomato and Garlic Crouton Salad is a vegetarian recipe with 6 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 13g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 376 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 35 minutes. If you have perlini mozzarella, butter, wine vinegar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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In a small skillet over medium-low heat, add 3 tablespoons olive oil, the butter, garlic, red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper, to taste. Cook to infuse the butter and oil with the garlic, about 4 minutes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Butter

Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Add the cubed bread to a large bowl, pour the butter and garlic mixture over the bread and toss to coat.

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Butter

Garlic

Bread

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Transfer to a sheet tray and bake until crisp, about 10 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from the oven and let cool.

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In a small bowl whisk together the remaining olive oil and red wine vinegar and set aside.

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Red Wine Vinegar

Olive Oil

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Whisk

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In a large serving bowl, combine the tomatoes, olives, mozzarella, croutons, basil, and the oil and vinegar mixture. Gently toss to coat all the tomatoes and croutons.

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Mozzarella