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Orange Carpaccio with fresh basil and mozzarella, ready in 15 minutes to serve, vegetarian !
One of my favorite recipes for this time of the year, a great, easy to make and healthy appetizer.
Hey guys,
its that time of the year again, Christmas is about to come and finally time to spend some time with your loved ones. And what is better then to have dinner with family and friends?
I got this recipe from a friend of mine, which visited Stockholm recently for travel and got this dish in a restaurant while exploring the city.
This home made recipe is just easy to prepare and you also get extra credit points as normally no one ever tried it before. Beside that recipe is easy to make and needs only really good and fresh ingredients theres nothing more really to have in mind. Thanks to the oranges, it gives you an extra vitamin fill up for the cold winter times.
Carpaccio - an Italian dish- was invented at "Harrys Bar" in Venice back in 1950. Normally Carpaccio is a dish of raw meat or fish, thinly sliced or pounded thin and served mainly as an appetizer. This recipe is the vegetarian alternative for you, even if you are not a veggie (I totally love Carpaccio also with beef) it is just a great option to check out.
For the ingredients please only buy and use really the best you can get, as this dish taste is living threw the high quality of the ingredients I would recommend you to only buy bio orange, basil and only - really ONLY - buffalo mozzarella. Once again its all about the taste.
Ingredients Orange Carpaccio (2 persons)
1 tea spoon salt
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
1/2 bunch fresh basil, leaves only
250 g of buffalo mozzarella
2 big oranges
Directions
1. cut of both ends of the oranges, start removing the orange peel running your knife along the sides, turn the orange upside down and remove any white membrane that is still attached to the orange. Then slice the orange into very thin slices. Prepare the slices on a large serving platter.
2. cut the buffalo mozzarella into small pieces.
3. place mozzarella slices on the orange carpaccio.
4. combine oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper in a jar with a tight-fitted lid, shake well. Drizzle over oranges and mozzarella; sprinkle with the fresh basil leaves.
5. Depending on your taste you can also add some more freshly grounded black pepper over the orange carpaccio.
6. Enjoy your appetizer. I serve along Italian bread, ciabatta, and a great match is rose wine.
Cheers,
Melaines-Insights
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