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Hot Caprese Dip

July 23, 2025
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If you love a classic Caprese salad, just wait until you try it warm and melty. This Hot Caprese Dip takes everything you adore- fresh mozzarella, sweet tomatoes, and fragrant basil, and turns it into a bubbly, cheesy appetizer that’s made for dipping. It’s the perfect dish to bring to a party, serve at game night, or enjoy on a weekend with a glass of wine.

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If you love a classic Caprese salad, just wait until you try it warm and melty. This Hot Caprese Dip takes everything you adore- fresh mozzarella, sweet tomatoes, and fragrant basil, and turns it into a bubbly, cheesy appetizer that’s made for dipping. It’s the perfect dish to bring to a party, serve at game night, or enjoy on a weekend with a glass of wine.

Ingredients:

  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes 
  • 1 garlic head
  • Olive oil 
  • Burrata cheese 
  • Fresh basil 
  • Crackers of choice

Instructions:

  • In a small casserole dish, add your cherry tomatoes.
  • Cut the top off of your garlic head and place it with the cherry tomatoes. Drizzle olive oil on top and then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Bake for 25 minutes at 350°.
  • Once out of the oven, squeeze the garlic out and smash it into the tomatoes.
  • Place your burrata cheese in the center and then cut it open and top with fresh basil.
  • Enjoy with crackers or sourdough bread!

Hot Caprese Dip

Print Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Servings: 4
Course: Appetizer, dip
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Video

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1 garlic head
  • Olive oil
  • Burrata cheese
  • Fresh basil
  • Crackers of choice

Method
 

  1. In a small casserole dish, add your cherry tomatoes.
  2. Cut the top off of your garlic head and place it with the cherry tomatoes.
  3. Drizzle olive oil on top and then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  4. Bake for 25 minutes at 350°.
  5. Once out of the oven, squeeze the garlic out and smash it into the tomatoes. Place your burrata cheese in the center and then cut it open and top with fresh basil.
  6. Enjoy with crackers or sourdough bread!

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