
Bruschetta tipica
Peperonata con mozzarella e pesto
Gorgonzola con miele
So, for the moment, I've decided to go off toast, at least with the toaster. I'm going to use the broiler instead. It's a bit trickier to get it to just the right shade of golden brown, but I'm up for the challenge. Besides, that way, I don't have to face my reflexes being assaulted every morning by that wayward lever.
As I was on my toast kick, it made me pull out a few recipes that I had tucked away. With the weather getting warmer, a dinner of various small things, complemented by toasted bread, would make a great entertaining idea (as when a friend of mine and I took some of these things to visit another friend of ours who had just had her first child) or just a wonderful meal al fresco.
This goes out to RM who asked
about getting away from his usual prosciutto e melone appetizer:
On large white plate or platter, place in center one round of buffalo
mozzarella, sliced, water drained. Place small mounds of the peperonta in three
or four around the cheese (depending upon how many people you are serving).
In between these, mound thinly sliced prosciutto. Slice small cherry tomatoes
in half (if you can find garden-ripe red and yellow ones of various sizes,
these would look the nicest) and dot around the rim of the plate in alternating
colors.
Place a basket of grilled or toasted bread on the table you've brought into
your gorgeous garden or outdoor space and serve to your guests. Drinks of
choice would be a lightly chilled, light Italian red wine, bellinis or prosecco.
Your guests are sure to swoon over it.
As your main then, you can opt to serve something as simple as a lightly
dressed mesclun salad and pasta with pesto. Dessert can be fresh seasonal fruit
accompanied by freshly whipped cream. There! Not a melon in sight.
Buon appetito!
2 comments:
mmmm....sounds good (especially with prosecco!)
now if only i had an english garden to serve it in (my english living room will have to do)...i might even graduate from "pasty bread" to "real" toast for this! :)
Yippeee!!!! This is what I've wanted to hear for a while. The recipe is really a snap to make. Living rooms work as well as gardens, but maybe you can convince my friend to "adopt" you so you can use his!
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