Mini Caprese Salad Skewers

Ingredients

• Freshly ground black pepper
• An 8-ounce contain of mini, pearl size mozzarella balls (about 100 balls per container)
• 2 pints of cherry tomatoes, halved (you'll need about 32 cherry tomatoes - 1 halved tomato per skewer)
• 1 large bunch of basil, leaves removed from the stems (you'll need about 64 leaves)
• Good quality Extra virgin olive oil
• Malden salt or sea salt
• Pitted kalamata olives, halved (figure 1 olive per skewer)
• Thinly sliced prosciutto or Genoa salami, optional (figure two 1-inch pieces of meat per skewer)
• A drizzle of thick balsamic vinegar (balsamic reduction)