Caprese Lettuce Salad with Ham
This is the perfect hot weather salad. I buy a thick slice of ham at the deli counter. I used mini-mozzarella, but a regular one, cut or torn into chunks would work as well.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Salads
Ingredients
Scale
- 8oz (240gr ham, cut into bite-size pieces
- 10 – 12 small mozzarella balls, cut in half
- 1 cup (4oz, 120gr) cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 avocado, removed from shell, cut into chunks
- handful of fresh basil leaves, torn if large
- enough lettuce for 2 main dish salads, washed and spun dry
- Balsamic Vinaigrette:
- 3 tbs good olive oil
- 2 tbs Balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard
Instructions
- Tear lettuce and put into a large salad bowl, along with basil leaves.
- Add 2 – 3 tbs vinaigrette and toss well to combine.
- Taste, adjust.
- Add ham, tomatoes, mozzarella, avocado, and toss gently.
- Serve,remaining vinaigrette on the side.
- Balsamic Vinaigrette:
- Whisk vinegar and mustard.
- Slowly whisk in oil.
Notes
I used both purple and green basil.
Substitute smoked turkey breast for the ham.
You could add anything else you have lurking in the pantry: olives, white beans, sweet corn. We kept it simple and served it with a baguette.
Keywords: summer salad, caprese
