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Sunday, February 12, 2006

 

Cuoricini di Pizza - Antipasto

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Some lovely sweet hearts for your Saint Valentine's day dinner!

INGREDIENTS FOR THE DOUGH (for 2 people)

200 g of Flour
1 Tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
20 g of Yeast
150 ml of Milk
Salt

INGREDIENTS FOR THE DRESSING ( for 2 persons)

4 Anchovys
100 g of Cheery sweet tomatoes
1 Tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
1 Clove of garlic
Salt
Pepper
1/2 Red or yellow pepper
3-4 Small artichokes pickles

PREPARATION TIME: 1 hour and 45 minutes

COOKING TIME: 15 minutes

DIFFICULTY: medium

PREPARATION
Heat the oven to 200 °C.
Put the flour in a bowl.
Pour the milk in a cup and dissolve in it the yeast. When yeast is dissolved add the milk to the flour together with the extra virgin olive oil and some salt.
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Now mix all together until you obtain a solid dough. If the dough is too soft add some flour and continue to mix.
Put the dough in another bowl, make a cross on its surface, cover with a napkin and let it rise for about an hour.
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When the dough is rised, divide it into 8 small pieces and give them the shape of heart.
When all the hearts are ready put them in a bakin pan covered with a sheet of a baking paper.

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Heat 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan.
Wash, peel and chop 1 clove of garlic. Add it to the oil and wait until it gets brown.
Wash and cut into pieces the cherry sweet tomatoes and add them to oil, season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes.
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When the sauce is ready put it on the surface of the hearts.
Wash 1/2 of red or yellow pepper, cut it into strips and put them on some hearts. Dress the other with some anchovy or some small artichokes pickles.

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Bake for 15 minutes at 200 °C.
Serve hot.
This is the result:
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BUON APPETITO!

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