Serves 6  |  Prep time 15 minutes 

I love recipes which contain few ingredients but yet taste utterly delicious and look equally as beautiful on a plate. This is one of them. Choose sweet ripe strawberries and cherry tomatoes as these will add extra flavour and sweetness.

Recipes, styling & photos Emma Boyd

INGREDIENTS

• 1 x 250 g punnet strawberries
• 1 x 250 g punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
• half a small red onion (50 g), halved, thinly sliced
• 125 g bocconcini
• ¾ cup lightly packed basil, large leaves torn
• 1½ tbsp olive oil
• 1½ tbsp balsamic vinegar

 

METHOD

Cut any small strawberries in two and the larger ones into quarters and put into a salad bowl along with the tomatoes and red onion. Tear or cut the bocconcini in two and add into the salad along with the basil. Season with sea salt and freshy ground black pepper then mix well. Drizzle over the olive oil and the balsamic vinegar and serve immediately.