Salade de Tomates et Mozzarella
Tomatoe and Mozzarella cheese salad

Ingredients for 4 people :
- 6 tomatoes
- 250 gr [9 oz] mozzarella cheese
- 8 leaves of fresh basel
- 4 Tbspoons olive oil
- salt & pepper

Recipe :

1- Wash the tomatoes and cut them in slices of around 5 mm [1/4-in.] ; strain the mozzarella and slice them about same thickness.
2- Wash the fresh basel leaves and cut them into very thin strips.
3- In a large plate, lay the mozzarella slices and put salt and pepper on each side ; do the same with toamatoes, only with salt.
4- Alternate layers of tomatoes and mozzarella slices into 4 ear dishes, drizzle olive oil and a bit of basel on each layer, including the last one.
5- Serve fresh.

TRICK : if you could not find fresh basel, you can use some basil in olive oil kept in small jars ; in this case, spread just a bit of it on each slice of tomatoe instead of the salt.

TRICK : if you want to serve a richer dish, you can add rolls of thinly sliced of Parma ham (or any prosciutto) to this dish.