Peppery Mozzarella Salad

Recipe Cuisine: Appetizers
Recipe Category: Appetizers
Recipe Serves: 4

Recipes Ingredients:

6 oz Mozzarella cheese
2 tb Lemon juice
2 lg Beefsteak tomatoes, cut in
1/2 ts Sugar
-half
Salt to taste
1 Ripe avacado
1/2 ts Dry mustard
2 Shallots, peeled, thinly
2 ts Green peppercorns, crushed
-sliced 1/2
ts Dried oregano
1/3 c Olive oil
Crusty Bread or Bread sticks

Recipe Instructions:

Thinly slice Cheese and tomato and arrange on 4 small plates. Cut avacado in thin slices and arrange with Cheese and tomato. Separate shallots in rings and scatter over salad. In a screw-tipped jar, combine olive oil, lemon juice, sugar, salt, peppercorns and oregano. Shake vigorously until well blended. Spoon over Salad and let marinate 1 hour. Garnish with basil, if desired, and serve with warm crusty Bread or Bread sticks.