Caprese Salad

Recipe Ancestor

trace: Caprese Salad

X @RecipeAncestor

Last updated Oct 12, 2026. We re-ranked the weekly top 100.

ONLINE	ANCESTOR
Caprese Salad #77 · lunch · italian Host: BBC Good Food · Caprese salad → Instagram → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Serves 4 · Prep 10 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. The Italian salad of tomatoes and mozzarella. It needs no cooking. Arrange on a platter, alternating between slices of each: 8 ripe plum tomatoes sliced 2 balls of mozzarella (or vegetarian alternative) sliced Sprinkle over: handful of basil leaves Season generously with salt and black pepper. Then drizzle over: 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar Serve straightaway. Source: BBC Good Food · Caprese salad (tomato and mozzarella salad) tags: tomato,mozzarella,basil,olive-oil · popularity: evergreen · meat: no	Victor's Capri-Style Tomato and Mozzarella Salad (La Caprese alla Moda di Victor) Book: Marcella Cucina by Marcella Hazan (1997) crumb: tomato + mozzarella + basil, oil and vinegar Marcella Cucina includes “Victor's Capri-Style Tomato and Mozzarella Salad (La Caprese alla Moda di Victor)”. Marcella Hazan wrote it (1997). Marcella Hazan wrote this later collection of Italian recipes. It includes Victor's Capri-style caprese. Differences: Popular internet caprese layers sliced plum tomatoes and mozzarella with basil. It dresses them with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The ancestor is Victor Hazan's Capri-style tomato and mozzarella salad. It uses ripe cherry tomatoes with buffalo mozzarella, basil, olive oil, salt, pepper and a little vinegar. He insists the vinegar belongs in the juices. The ingredients and build make the same salad. The online version uses sliced plum tomatoes and calls for balsamic.

ONLINE

ANCESTOR

Caprese Salad
#77 · lunch · italian
Host: BBC Good Food · Caprese salad → Instagram → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Serves 4 · Prep 10 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

The Italian salad of tomatoes and mozzarella. It needs no cooking.

Arrange on a platter, alternating between slices of each:

8 ripe plum tomatoes sliced

2 balls of mozzarella (or vegetarian alternative) sliced

Sprinkle over:

handful of basil leaves

Season generously with salt and black pepper. Then drizzle over:

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Serve straightaway.

Source: BBC Good Food · Caprese salad (tomato and mozzarella salad)

tags: tomato,mozzarella,basil,olive-oil · popularity: evergreen · meat: no

Victor's Capri-Style Tomato and Mozzarella Salad (La Caprese alla Moda di Victor)
Book: Marcella Cucina by Marcella Hazan (1997)

crumb: tomato + mozzarella + basil, oil and vinegar

Marcella Cucina includes “Victor's Capri-Style Tomato and Mozzarella Salad (La Caprese alla Moda di Victor)”. Marcella Hazan wrote it (1997). Marcella Hazan wrote this later collection of Italian recipes. It includes Victor's Capri-style caprese.

Differences:

Popular internet caprese layers sliced plum tomatoes and mozzarella with basil. It dresses them with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The ancestor is Victor Hazan's Capri-style tomato and mozzarella salad. It uses ripe cherry tomatoes with buffalo mozzarella, basil, olive oil, salt, pepper and a little vinegar. He insists the vinegar belongs in the juices. The ingredients and build make the same salad. The online version uses sliced plum tomatoes and calls for balsamic.

Match: Exact

Online recipe

Caprese Salad

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Serves 4 · Prep 10 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

The Italian salad of tomatoes and mozzarella. It needs no cooking.

Arrange on a platter, alternating between slices of each:
    8 ripe plum tomatoes sliced
    2 balls of mozzarella (or vegetarian alternative) sliced

Sprinkle over:
    handful of basil leaves

Season generously with salt and black pepper. Then drizzle over:
    2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
    2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Serve straightaway.

Citations
- BBC Good Food · Caprese salad (tomato and mozzarella salad): https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/caprese-salad
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/capresesalad/
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Caprese+Salad+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0333725956?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Marcella Cucina by Marcella Hazan (1997). Publisher: Humanity Press/prometheus Bk, 1999 edition, paperback, ISBN 978-0333725955.

We put this together for personal use. See the citations.

Trace receipt

Dish: Caprese Salad
Match: Exact
Ancestor: Victor's Capri-Style Tomato and Mozzarella Salad (La Caprese alla Moda di Victor)
Source: Marcella Cucina by Marcella Hazan (1997)
Differences: Popular internet caprese layers sliced plum tomatoes and mozzarella with basil. It dresses them with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The ancestor is Victor Hazan's Capri-style tomato and mozzarella salad. It uses ripe cherry tomatoes with buffalo mozzarella, basil, olive oil, salt, pepper and a little vinegar. He insists the vinegar belongs in the juices. The ingredients and build make the same salad. The online version uses sliced plum tomatoes and calls for balsamic.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: BBC Good Food · Caprese salad (https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/caprese-salad)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/capresesalad/)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Caprese+Salad+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Marcella Cucina by Marcella Hazan (1997).
Marcella Hazan wrote this later collection of Italian recipes. It includes Victor's Capri-style caprese.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Marcella Cucina by Marcella Hazan (1997). Publisher: Humanity Press/prometheus Bk, 1999 edition, paperback, ISBN 978-0333725955.

About · Archive · Who we are · Contact · Disclaimer
We update the top recipe lists weekly. Last top-list update: Oct 2026.
We label affiliate find-links. We may get a small cut to help us keep things moving. We encourage you to buy through those links when you can. They may go to your local Amazon store when we have a matching Associates tag. Simple on purpose. Fast on purpose. We do not republish full cookbook recipes. Our source cards only say what the book is.

Caprese Salad

Online recipe

Trace receipt

Related

Same meal (lunch)

Same cuisine (italian)

Same book (Marcella Cucina)