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Subtly Elevate Your Caprese Salad With This Staple Vinegar By Dennis Lee Aug. 13, 2025 10:20 am EST

A Caprese salad loaded with fresh tomatoes is a highlight of every summer. Fortunately, this dish is pretty easy to assemble, considering it's composed of just tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil leaves, salt, and olive oil. Many people like to add a bit of extra acid in the form of sweet and tangy balsamic vinegar, but when we spoke to Anthony Paone, executive chef at the restaurant Campanella in Sebastopol, California, he suggested a different addition for when you want to change things up a little.

Paone advised swapping the balsamic with a flavorful drizzle of sherry vinegar . He said, "Sherry vinegar would be a bit sharper, less sweet." It takes the salad in a

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