Sunday, 10 June 2007

Red and yellow pepper with mozzarella cheese

For two people

Half a red and yellow pepper
250ml pure olive oil (sounds a lot!)
One and a half cloves of garlic
60g of mozarella cheese - sounds like one pack
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt, pepper
Basil leaves

Bake over a naked flame until completely black, While still hot cover with wrap and steam, then remove the skin with a dry cloth or similar. Cut into a size you like, then put in the olive oil and garlic for half a day. Then wrap the mozarella with the piman, add salt and pepper to taste, basil leaves and drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil.

Italian Mushroom Salad

For two people
One pack of mushrooms
One stick of celery (root part)
Half a clove of garlic, chopped
Italian parsley - chopped (two to three branches)

Juice of half a lemon
100ml of pure olive oil
Two large tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

Grana padona(?) cheese or parmesan cheese

Take the stalk off the mushrooms and slice thinly; peel the skin off the celery and cut diagonally. Shave the cheese with a knife etc to make thin shavings. Put the mushrooms in a bowl, the garlic and mix together. Then add the cheese.

Good for using up spare Italian Parsley.