Showing posts with label Umbrian appetizer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Umbrian appetizer. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2009

Umbrian Cheese with Honey or Marmelade (Jam)

This is a new Umbrian appetizer with typical cheese and marmelade or honey.
You can serve the cheese on a dish and the marmelade and honey on another one or
you can serve slices of cheese with the marmelade or the honey on them.

*Umbrian Caciotta cheese - Chestnut Honey


*Umbrian Parmigiano cheese - Chestnut Honey, Pumpkin Marmelade (Jam)


*Umbrian Pecorino cheese - Acacia Honey, Chestnut Honey, Dandelion Honey, Fig or Orange marmelade (Jam)


*Umbrian Ricotta cheese - Strawberry Tree Honey, Orange or Mandarin Marmelade (Jam)

To complete the dish I suggest to add pieces of Pear...

Holiday Apartments in Umbria

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Toasted Bread with Black Truffles



Ingredients for 4 people:
Garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Bread
Pepper
Salt
Lemon Juice
Grated black truffle: 2and half oz
Dry white wine: 1 glass

In a small pan pour in half a glass of the olive oil with the clove of garlic, when the garlic becomes golden take away. Take the pan off the heat and leave the olive oil go to cold. When it is cold, add the grated truffles and the lemon juice and flavour with salt and pepper, place once again over the heat and when it begins to boil, the topping is ready to be spread over the toasted pieces of bread, which previously have been sprinkled, only on one side, with the dry white wine. It is advised to serve hot.

Nero di Norcia (Truffle Market in Umbria)

Monday, March 9, 2009

Toasted Bread with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Ingredients:

Bread
Umbrian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt
Garlic

Take some slices of bread and toast them. If you like it, once toasted, you can rub some garlic on the bread. Put the bread in a dish and pour some oil and salt on it, than turn the slice and do the same thing.