Heart Shaped Appetizers
This is one of the simplest heart-shaped appetizers for Valentine’s Day you will ever make, yet it looks so pretty! Thin slices of mozzarella and tomatoes, seasoned with salt, pepper and drizzled with olive oil.
Ingredients
- 16 mini mozzarella balls (bocconcini, see note 1 & 7)
- 10 plum cherry tomatoes (see note 2 & 7)
- olive oil (see note 3)
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste, see note 4)
Instructions
- Drain the liquid from the mozzarella balls and place them onto paper kitchen towels. Rinse the cherry tomatoes and pat them dry. Cut these into thin slices. Arrange them on a plate in the shape of a heart.
- Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Notes
- For this recipe = 2 portions, I used 1 package of mini mozzarella balls with a total weight of 10 ounces/285 grams (this included the liquid as well). I had a few leftovers.
- You can use round cherry tomatoes instead of plum cherry tomatoes (oval-shaped ones), but you will need to buy more as you will end up with more cut-offs than the usable pieces.
- Olive oil – this is a simple appetizer, so I recommend using a good-quality oil. My preference is extra virgin olive oil.
- You can use either ground black pepper or freshly cracked pepper.
- You can serve these with a side of French, Italian or any artisan bread you like. Just dip the bread into the leftover oil, if you like.
- This is a quick appetizer and I always recommend making it right before serving, but if you want, you can make it up to 2 hours ahead. Please see the full post above this recipe card for detailed tips and more information, if in doubt.
- I used 10 plum cherry tomatoes and 16 mini mozzarella balls for 2 appetizers. Note that the quantity you will need might be different. This will depend on how many slices you get out of one tomato and mozzarella and also on how large your hearts will be. Also, the nutritional values will be lower than what the table shows as it does not count with the fact, that you will have a lot of cut-offs.
Nutrition
Calories: 217 kcal (11%), Carbohydrates: 3 g (1%), Protein: 11 g (22%), Fat: 19 g (29%), Saturated Fat: 5 g (31%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5 g, Cholesterol: 20 mg (7%), Sodium: 242 mg (11%), Potassium: 170 mg (5%), Fiber: 1 g (4%), Sugar: 2 g (2%), Vitamin A: 369 IU (7%), Vitamin C: 17 mg (21%), Calcium: 211 mg (21%), Iron: 1 mg (6%)
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