Il caprino caldo nell'insalata

Warm goat cheese salad is an impressive classic French dish that works brilliantly as starter for a sophisticated dinner or a light lunch.

 

2 slices of rye bread or French country sourdough bread (try Poilane's bread)

140 gr goat cheese, crottins or roll with a bit of rind on the outside (serving 2)

150 gr mixed leaf salad (lamb's lettuce, baby spinach, watercress, beet leaves, butter lettuce)

6, 7 almonds, coarsely chopped

vinaigrette (balsamic vinegar, salt, evo oil, mustard, honey)

chives

parsley

black pepper

 

Preheat the oven to 200 C and the grill to its highest setting.

For the vinaigrette mix in bowl with a fork or a whisk balsamic vinegar, salt, evo oil, mustard and honey (the quantity depends on how much salad you want to dress, i.e. for 150 gr salad: 3 Tbs evo oil, a pinch of salt, 1 1/2 Tbs balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp honey, 1 tsp mustard).

 

In a baking pan lay out cheese rounds (thick disks) on slices bread. Grill for 4-5 min, until the cheese has melted and begun to brown.

 

Dress the salad with the vinaigrette, toast some almonds into a hot skillet.

 

Serve the salad with the cheese and bread on the top with some fresh black pepper, parsley, chives and toasted almonds.



Tartine in rosa

This easy, speed and smart coloured recipe could be prepared as appetizer to serve something fresh for your aperitivo or weekend brunch.

I prepared this recipe as a starter to welcome a friend for lunch since we haven't seen each other  for a long long time.

Crustless wheat  sandwich bread or canape bread

Cottage cheese

Smoked salmon (plus, chives, lemon juice, black pepper and evo oil)

Red onion jam

Put the canape bread (or If you use a big sliced crustless wheat sandwich bread, cut it in 4 parts) in the oven for 5 minutes until It is crunchy.

In the meanwhile cut the salmon in small pieces as for a tartare and season with evo oil, chives, lemon juice and black pepper.

Garnish each bread slice with a teaspoon of cottage cheese and on the top a teaspoon of red onion jam or a teaspoon of seasoned salmon.