Description
Festive Christmas Caprese Wreath brings holiday cheer to your table with a delightful Italian-inspired appetizer. Fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, and basil leaves create a merry seasonal centerpiece you’ll love serving at Christmas gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 750 grams (26.5 ounces) cherry tomatoes
- 1 1/2 × 180 grams (6.3 ounces) cherry bocconcini
- 1 bunch fresh basil
Fresh Additions:
- 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
Finishing Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Meticulously clean all fresh ingredients, gently patting cherry tomatoes, bocconcini, and cranberries with clean paper towels to remove excess moisture.
- Select a spacious serving platter and strategically craft a circular arrangement, positioning cherry tomatoes, bocconcini, and cranberries to create a visually appealing holiday wreath design.
- Alternate the white bocconcini and red tomatoes symmetrically around the platter’s perimeter, ensuring balanced color distribution and festive aesthetic.
- Sprinkle crimson cranberries throughout the composition to enhance the decorative holiday-inspired pattern.
- Delicately drizzle premium olive oil across the entire wreath, allowing it to glisten and provide a subtle sheen.
- Generously dust grated parmesan cheese over the arrangement, creating a delicate, savory coating.
- Artfully tuck vibrant green basil leaves between the ingredients, adding fresh aromatic elements and completing the festive presentation.
- Present immediately to preserve the ingredients’ crisp texture and visual appeal, accompanied by crusty artisan bread or elegant crackers for an impressive holiday appetizer.
Notes
- Choose ripe, vibrant cherry tomatoes for the best flavor and visual appeal in your festive wreath.
- Pat ingredients completely dry to prevent excess moisture from making the dish soggy and losing its crisp presentation.
- Arrange ingredients symmetrically, creating balanced color distribution with red tomatoes, white bocconcini, and green basil for maximum visual impact.
- Experiment with different herb combinations like rosemary or thyme to add unexpected holiday flavor dimensions while maintaining the classic Caprese profile.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 10mg