Caprese Stuffed Avocado
A creamy twist on caprese salad, by stuffing it inside avocados. These make an easy light meal or a fun side dish for a party.
Avocados were on sale last week and I couldn’t resist buying a bunch. And of course, when I have a lot of avocados lying around, I immediately want to stuff them.
In the past, I’ve shared Taco Stuffed Avocados, Tuna Salad Avocado Boats and Baked Shrimp Stuffed Avocados. And now these caprese stuffed avocados.
The majority of the avocado flesh is carved out of the shells and then used in the caprese salad. The salad is made up of fresh tomatoes, avocado, mozzarella balls, and basil.
How cute are these tiny mozzarella balls? I had a hard time not eating them all.
All the ingredients are tossed in a little olive oil, salt, pepper and then finished with a balsamic glaze.
The avocado adds so much to this dish. It mixes with the olive oil to make the dressing more creamy. The cubes of avocado also pair really well with the classic caprese ingredients. Plus stuffing the salad in avocado shells makes for a fun presentation.
Recipe Tips
- Because the balsamic glaze is concentrated, I did not add any balsamic vinegar to the olive oil dressing. If you plan on leaving out the balsamic glaze, you would need to make a balsamic vinaigrette to dress the salad.
- I used this balsamic glaze which I purchased on Amazon.*
- Because avocados and basil will brown easily, I don’t recommend preparing this too far ahead of time.
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Caprese Stuffed Avocados
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe avocados
- ¾ cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¾ cup fresh mini mozzarella balls
- 3 tbsp basil, chiffonade
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
- balsamic glaze
Instructions
- Slice avocados in half. Take avocado halves and carve out flesh, leaving 1/4 inch perimeter of avocado. Take the scooped out flesh and dice into cubes. Reserve ¾ cup for the salad. You can use any remaining in another recipe.
- In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, mozzarella, avocado cubes. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toss until ingredients are evenly coated in oil.
- Stuff avocado shells with caprese salad. Garnish with basil. Drizzle balsamic glaze over each avocado half.
Notes
- Because the balsamic glaze is concentrated, I did not add any balsamic vinegar to the olive oil dressing. If you plan on leaving out the balsamic glaze, you would need to make a balsamic vinaigrette to dress the salad.
- I used this balsamic glaze which I purchased on Amazon*
- Because avocados and basil will brown easily, I don’t recommend preparing this too far ahead of time.
- The nutrition estimate does not include the balsamic glaze.