These 5 recipes will make you fall in love with burrata
If you haven't heard of burrata before, it's fresh mozzarella cheese stuffed with cream and mozzarella curds and then rolled into a ball. Burrata is low-carb and high in fat, which makes it a perfect health food. Serve burrata alone or in a salad. It's often paired with tomatoes, basil, prosciutto, figs, asparagus, and arugula.
Burrata-curious? Here are five burrata dishes that are delicious and healthy.
1. Green Tomatoes with Burrata and Herbs
This recipe combines unripe green tomatoes with an herbal dressing and burrata for a refreshingly light meal.
Ingredients
- 1 romaine lettuce heart, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 Persian cucumber, chopped
- 1 cup kale leaves, torn
- 1 cup cilantro leaves
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Salt
- 1 slice of bread, torn into pieces
- 7 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 unripe green tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- Black pepper
- 1/2 pound burrata, torn in pieces
- 1 bunch of scallions, thinly sliced
- 1 jalapeno, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
- 1 cup cilantro leaves
Directions
Dressing
- Combine romaine, cucumber, kale, and cilantro in a blender
- Add 1/4 cup water
- Blend until smooth
- Strain through a fine-mesh sieve until you have half a cup
- Stir in the lime juice
- Season with spices of your choosing
Main dish
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Toss tomatoes and bread with two tablespoons of oil
- Season with kosher salt
- Bake
- Flip the bread halfway through baking until and allow to become golden brown and crisp
- Allow bread to cool
- Crush bread into smaller pieces
- Prepare a grill for medium-high heat
- Brush tomatoes on both sides with olive oil
- Grill tomatoes until they are softened and lightly charred
- Drizzle with vinegar, green juice, and one tablespoon of oil
- Season tomatoes and top with burrata
- Combine scallions, jalapeno, almonds, breadcrumbs, green juice, cilantro, and oil in a medium bowl
- Season scallion mixture with salt and pepper
- Scatter scallion mixture evenly over the tomatoes and burrata
- Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt
2. Radish Burrata Salad
This tasty, diet-friendly recipe features spicy, vibrant watermelon radishes, arugula, and savory herbs.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound burrata
- 3 watermelon radishes, sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
- 1 bag arugula
- Fresh chives, chopped
- Fresh parsley, chopped
Directions
- Combine arugula, radishes, parsley, and chives in a bowl
- Add lemon juice
- Season with herbs
- Tear burrata in pieces
- Mix burrata with salad
- Top with lemon zest
- Serve with additional chives
3. Burrata with Herbs and Cauliflower
This healthy, low-carb dish consists of burrata and cauliflower with fresh herbs.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup barley
- Salt
- 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup chopped cauliflower
- 1 small shallot, chopped
- 1/2 cup celery hearts, chopped
- 1 cup parsley, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1/2 pound fresh burrata, torn in pieces
- 1 tablespoon crème fraîche
- Black pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Boil barley in a large pot for 20 minutes
- Drain barley
- Spread barley on a rimmed baking sheet
- Allow barley to cool
- Toss bread crumbs with 1 tablespoon oil on another baking sheet
- Season bread crumbs with salt
- Bake bread crumbs for 15 minutes
- Allow bread crumbs to cool
- Bring milk to boil a medium saucepan over medium-high heat
- Add cauliflower
- Cook cauliflower in the milk
- Once cauliflower softens, drain it and discard the milk
- Toss barley, cauliflower, bread crumbs, shallot, celery hearts, parsley, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vinegar in a bowl and season
- Mix burrata and crème fraîche in a medium bowl
- Season with salt
- Combine mixture with the other ingredients
- Serve
4. Burrata Snap Pea Salad
This healthy salad is prepared with black mint, which gives the dish an exotic flavor.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound sugar snap peas
- 3 cups arugula
- 1/4 cup mint leaves
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup fresh basil
- 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt
- 16 ounces burrata
Directions
- Cut pea pods in half lengthwise
- Combine peas, arugula, ¼ cup basil, and 1/4 cup mint in a large bowl
- Add lemon juice and oil
- Toss mixture
- Season salad with salt and additional lemon juice
- Slice two balls of burrata
- Arrange slices on a platter
- Top slices with salad
- Add remaining basil and mint
5. Burrata, Roasted Tomato, and Asparagus Salad
This low-carb salad is filled with fiber and vitamins. You can adjust the ingredients list to your liking, so measurements aren’t exact.
Ingredients
- Burrata
- Asparagus spears
- One tomato, sliced
- Prosciutto
- Arugula lettuce
- Fresh basil
- Loaf of French bread, sliced
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Seasoning
Directions
- Drain burrata
- Arrange tomato slices and asparagus spears on a baking sheet
- Drizzle slices and spears with extra virgin olive oil
- Sprinkle slices and spears with salt and freshly ground pepper
- Broil until asparagus becomes soft and tomatoes turn brown (about 5 minutes)
- Drizzle French bread slices with olive oil
- Toast in oven
- Tear French bread slices and burrata into pieces
- Layer in a bowl with the tomato, prosciutto, arugula, and basil leaves
- Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil
- Season with salt and pepper
References
- "10 Amazing Ways To Eat Your Burrata," Epicurious, August 20, 2014.
- "12 Delicious Burrata Recipes to Make This Summer," A Beautiful Plate, July 7, 2015.
- "Burrata Recipes," Food & Wine, May 1, 2017
- "Consider This Permission to Eat Burrata for Dinner," New York Times, August 19, 2016.