Description
As a starter course or appetizer bite, this caper and olive salad is served in a Parmigiano cup for an elegant aperitif.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200 g 7 oz Parmigiano cheese, grated
- 5 romaine lettuce leaves
- 8 sun-dried tomatoes
- 4 tbsp pitted olives
- 1 tbsp desalted capers
- 1 hot chili pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil (to taste)
- 1 lemon (juiced)
- Sea salt (to taste)
Instructions
Oven baked Parmigiano baskets:
- Cut four squares of parchment paper and pour a spoonful of grated Parmigiano on each sheet. With the back of the spoon, spread out the cheese to form a circle with a diameter of 15–20 cm (6–8 in).
- Bake at 180°C (350°F/gas 4), in a preheated oven, for 5 minutes or until the edges of the disk begin to take on a golden color.
- Remove from the oven, wait a moment and mold the Parmigiano disks into small bowls to give them the shape of a basket. Leave to cool and then remove the baking paper from the back.
- Parmigiano baskets cooked in a frying pan: 1. Pour a spoonful of the grated Parmigiano into a nonstick skillet pan. With the back of the spoon, spread out the cheese to form a circle with a diameter of 15–20 cm (6–8 in).
- Cook until the edges of the disk begin to take on a golden color.
- Remove from the pan and mold the Parmigiano disk into a small bowl to give it the shape of a basket To make the salad:
- Wash the lettuce and chop. Chop the dried tomatoes and olives. Wash and drain the capers under cold water. Dice the hot pepper.
- Put all the vegetables in a bowl.
- In another bowl, add the oil, lemon juice and salt. Mix to emulsify and pour the vinaigrette onto the vegetables.
- Arrange the salad in the Parmigiano baskets and serve immediately.
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: Italian