onsdag den 4. august 2010

Apricot salad


Insalata di albicocche
Last night I watched a rerun of Jamie Oliver in south Italy, where he complained about the innate stubbornness of Italians when it comes to food: People prefer dishes their mothers served while unknown recipes and combinations of ingredients are automatically rejected or treated with the utmost skepticism.

During the show affirmative head nodding left me dizzy, as I have all but given up on trying to repay the kindness and hospitality of Italian friends with homemade food, unless the dishes are an exact replica of their traditional foods. No use introducing foreign ways here. Italians are a population of spoiled schizzinosi and food chauvinists - but given the range and quality of their national cuisine, I think they are entitled to be fastidious. Just don’t offer them a taste of this delicious salad that mixes sweet with salty ingredients, unless they absolutely insist;)

Ingredients
10 mature apricots (or 5 peaches or nectarines)
100 g firm white cheese (I use caciotta leccese, but ricotta salata or feta work as well)
1 red onion
Fresh mint leaves
Vinegar
Olive oil

Preparation
Bring a casserole of water to the boil. Toss in the apricots for a minute, before you slice them in halves and remove the skin and the stone.
Mix a dressing of olive oil and vinegar and pour it over the apricots. Leave them in the fridge for a couple of hours.
Before serving mix the apricots with finely chopped onion, mint and cubed cheese.

6 kommentarer:

  1. Excellent flavor. Used peach jello instead of apricot. Next time I'll try it with a graham cracker crust. The appearance is kind of lumpy due to the pineapple, and might not work with someone who only eats food that looks great.

    SvarSlet
  2. I used sugar free strawberry jello and added mini-marshmallows it was great!! Really enjoyed this recipe.

    SvarSlet
  3. Denne kommentar er fjernet af forfatteren.

    SvarSlet
  4. Looks like this recipe has fallen victim to a jello spam - weird.

    SvarSlet
  5. I made this for a potluck lunch at work and it was a hit! I personally thought it was a little too sweet, but everyone else loved it and was asking about the recipe.

    SvarSlet
  6. I've never heard of Apricot salad before, but it looks very refreshing - perfect on a hot day! I'll have to try this!

    SvarSlet

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