Zucchini With Fresh Tomatoes and Mozzarella
Updated Oct. 17, 2023
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
- Rating
- Comments
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Ingredients
- 1½pounds zucchini
- 1½pounds tomatoes
- 1pound mozzarella
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- Basil, for garnish
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat a charcoal or gas grill; the fire should be medium-low and the rack about 4 inches from the heat.
- Step 2
Cut 1½ pounds zucchini into ½-inch-thick slices.
- Step 3
Rub zucchini with olive oil, salt and pepper; grill, turning once, until nicely browned and tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Step 4
As zucchini cooks, slice 1½ pounds tomatoes and 1 pound mozzarella into ¼ inch rounds.
- Step 5
Toss (or layer) with the zucchini, and drizzle with balsamic vinegar and olive oil; season with salt and pepper.
- Step 6
Garnish with basil.
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Comments
Well, if you don’t have a charcoal or gas grill, what to do? Why not try this using a sheet pan in a hot hot oven? I did and it was pretty good and much easier too. Make sure to season more heavily than called for.
Charcoal grilled flavor of zucchini is very important.
Add toasted pine nuts
Delicious. I salted the zucchini slices first and let them sweat. I dried the zucchini with towels, then mixed-in the salt, pepper and olive oil before grilling. I used a cast iron grill pan on the stove. I made the dish into a tossed salad, with cherry tomatoes that I cut in half, cherry-size fresh mozzarella balls (also cut in half) and torn basil leaves. The smokey flavor from a real grill would have been nice, but the dish was still tasty.
Had a small zucchini, cherry tomatoes,low-moisture mozzarella. All had to be used. Used toaster-oven broiler for the zucchini. Worked great as a first course for two of us.
Excellent easy summer dinner ! Enjoying with some good focaccia and red wine - green, yellow and red heirloom tomatoes!
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