Hot Tomato and Mozzarella Salad Recipe

Ingredients : Serves

100 g/4 oz Mozzarella cheese, sliced

2 beefsteak tomatoes, sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

50 g/2 oz stoned (pitted) black olives, finely chopped
30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil
25 g/1 oz/0.25 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
A few basil leaves, to garnish

Method :

Layer slices of Mozzarella between and on top of three tomato slices, seasoning with salt and pepper and sprinkling with olives as you go. Arrange the stacks in a flameproof serving dish, drizzle with the oil and sprinkle with the Parmesan. Season again lightly with pepper. Place under a hot grill (broiler) for a few minutes until the Mozzarella begins to melt. Garnish with the basil and serve at once.