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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

 

Rocket Salad, Shrimps and Cannellini - Antipasto






This recipe is for an appetizer made of navy beans (cannelllini), rocket salad and shrimps.

INGREDIENTS (for 2 people)

A can of navy beans (cannellini)
A bunch of rocket salad
100 g of Shrimps
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Pepper

PREPARATION TIME : 10 minutes

COOKING TIME: 5 minutes

DIFFICULTY: easy

WINE: Verdicchio Castelli di Jesi (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Clean and boil shrimps into water for 5 minutes. Drain them and wait until they get cool.

Clean, dry and cut some rocket salad.

Drain and clean beans.

In a bowl join the beans, the shrimps and the rocket salad. Dress with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil, a pinch of salt and of pepper.
And now the result:
Rocket Salad, Shrimps and Cannellini - Antipasto
BUON APPETTITO!

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Monday, January 30, 2006

 

Green Apple Salad - Antipasto

Suitable for Vegetarians








If you want to prepare something light, fast and, at the same time, tasteful, this is the ideal dish. This recipe is for an antipasto made of green apples, rocket salad, walnuts and parmigiano (Italian cheese).

INGREDIENTS (for 2 people)

1 Green apple
7-8 Walnuts
Flakes of Parmigiano (Italian cheese)
A bunch of rocket salad
Extra virgin olive oil

PREPARATION TIME: 10-15 minutes

DIFFICULTY: easy

WINE: Verdicchio (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Wash, peel and cut the apple in cubes.

Crack and chop the walnuts.

Clean, dry and cut some rocket salad.

Cut the Parmigiano in flakes.

Unify the apple pieces, the rocket salad and the walnuts in a bowl. Add the Parmigiano flakes and dress with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil.
Here you can see the result!


BUON APPETITO!

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Saturday, January 28, 2006

 

Greetings Bloggers and Users!


Hello all, my name is Elena and this is my brand new blog about Italian-inspired recipes. I want to share some ideas you can use to make dishes that are light, easy & fast to cook, and, off course, taste really good! Every dish will be cooked with traditional Italian ingredients combined with the right dose of fantasy that make them special.
I'll publish my step-by-step explanations with pictures to help you understand the making of all the dishes (even if, I told you, all will be really easy!). I promise that in this way you'll want to try the dish as soon as you finish to read the post!
I hope you'll enjoy my recipes and find in this blog a lot of useful ideas to surprise all your guests at dinner time :-D

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