A simple, delicious Caprese salad recipe with pesto dressing; perfect as fancy, no-fuss salad to add to any dinner table.
Prepare and assemble all of your ingredients (wash and slice the tomatoes, slice the cheese, etc).
In a small bowl, combine the pesto and olive oil until a thin dressing.
On a large serving platter (mine is about 12" diameter), arrange the ingredients in a spiral pattern, starting from the outside and working your way to the centre. Drizzle each piece with a bit of dressing as you go (I like the flavors to be nicely distributed, so I prefer to do it this way than just drizzling it over the whole thing at the end).
Once the platter is full, decorate with a couple of extra basil leaves in the centre, and drizzle lightly with a bit more of the oil and pesto mixture. Sprinkle lightly with salt and freshly ground black pepper, if desired.
Serve immediately, and enjoy!