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Italy on a plate
- Prep time:
- 20 mins
- Cook time:
- Serves:
- 6-8
Amanda Lamb combines classic Italian deli ingredients for a colourful antipasto - vary any of the ingredients according to what you find
Ingredients
- 4-6 thick slices ciabatta bread
- Olive oil, for drizzling
- handful cherry Tomatoes
- ball Mozzarella
- handful Basil, leaves only
- 2 tbsp pesto
- 2 tbsp Ricotta cheese
- small handful Sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
- handful Parma ham
- handful bread sticks
- a few Walnuts
- Dolcelatte, to taste
- Figs, to taste
- roasted sliced courgettes, to taste
- smoked Ricotta cheese, to taste
For the dressing
- 1 tbsp pesto
- 6 tbsp Olive oil
To serve
- Figs, ripped into pieces, a few walnuts and any other Italian deli foods that look decorative
Method
1. Heat a grill until hot. Drizzle both sides of the bread with olive oil and grill the bread until golden-brown on both sides.2. Cut the tomatoes in half and cut the mozzarella into similar sized chunks. Wrap a basil leaf around each of the mozzarella pieces and skewer the wrapped mozzarella on a cocktail stick with a tomato half. Repeat with until you have used up all the mozzarella.
3. Spread the pesto onto the ciabatta - there probably won't be enough for all the ciabatta, so you will have a few extra slices of bread. Spread the ricotta on top of the pesto and put a few slices of the semi-dried tomatoes on top. Set aside.
4. Wrap the parma ham around the tops of the bread sticks.
5. Top any remaining toasted slices of bread with a selection of toppings made up of the remaining ingredients.
6. For the dressing: whisk together the pesto and olive oil in a small bowl.
7. Arrange all the canapes onto a platter or board, drizzle over some of the dressing and decorate with ripped up figs, scattered walnuts and anything else that you think may look decorative. Serve.
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Use poor quality mozzarella and it will be tasteless. This recipe is simple but very tasty. It is what it says it is - a taste of Italy on a plate!
Awful. Mozzarella- tasteless- I would be ashamed to offer this to friends.