{"id":1018,"date":"2019-08-09T10:45:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2019-08-09T10:45:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:45:30","slug":"mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Mint Pesto Heirloom Tomato &#038; Avocado Caprese Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh take on a classic Italian salad.<br \/>\nRefreshing, zingy and colourful. A sure fire crowd pleaser!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 large heirloom tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>2 large buffalo mozzarella<\/li>\n<li>1 avocado<\/li>\n<li>salt &amp; pepper<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of chilli flakes<\/li>\n<li>Juice of 1\/2 lemon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mint pesto<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 bunch mint-save tips for garnish<\/li>\n<li>1 stalk basil leaves-extra for garnish<\/li>\n<li>1 clove garlic<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup pine nuts<\/li>\n<li>zest of 1 lemon-extra zest for garnish<\/li>\n<li>Juice of 1\/2 lemon<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)<\/li>\n<li>salt &amp; pepper-to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a food processor, pulse together mint, basil, garlic, pine nuts, rind, lemon juice, EVOO, salt and pepper until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Slice tomatoes and mozzarella into 1\/2 cm thick and arrange alternately around on a plate.<\/li>\n<li>Peel and dice avocado into 1cm square pieces. Arrange onto centre of plate.<\/li>\n<li>Season with salt and pepper, extra squeeze of lemon juice, then drizzle pesto over the top. Finish with a sprinkling of chilli flakes, mint leaves, basil leaves and a sprinkling of lemon rind.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Serve on an EVOO soaked crusty sourdough bread.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/recipe-mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad02.jpg\" alt=\"Recipe Mint Pesto Heirloom Tomato Avocado Caprese Salad02\" width=\"1679\" height=\"1724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/recipe-mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad02.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/recipe-mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad02-584x600.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/recipe-mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad02-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/recipe-mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad02-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/recipe-mint-pesto-heirloom-tomato-avocado-caprese-salad02-600x616.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1679px) 100vw, 1679px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh take on a classic Italian salad. Refreshing, zingy and colourful. A sure fire crowd pleaser! Ingredients 3 large heirloom tomatoes 2 large buffalo mozzarella 1 avocado salt &amp; pepper Pinch of chilli flakes Juice of 1\/2 lemon Mint pesto 1 bunch mint-save tips for garnish 1 stalk basil leaves-extra for garnish 1 clove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawthornegarage.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}