Salad.. that is definitely something I won’t miss even one day in my life. If I get a yummy
dish of something and there is a little bit of salad then it is the first I eat. When I go to markets the first stand I go is for salad. I love the greens and could really live only by eating salad. Maybe it’s because in the Chinese horoscope I am a rabbit? Well also the Capricorn eats greenery. Don’t know what the reason but fact is that I really go crazy for it.
And the story of my salad love is very strange. As my mother thought salad is very healthy she often made a typical German salad. Just green salad with a special ‘dip’: coffee cream and sugar. Well, gusto is gusto but in this case mine definitely not. I’ve gone in crisis only seeing salad on the table and rarely it wanted to stay inside. So till I started to live in Italy I never ever touched salad if possible. But in Italy it is normal to have one at any main dish. And so once I started to have a bite. And a second. And I fall deeply in love. With the salad – not the chef. And since then I could not live anymore without.
One simple and well known worldwide is the salad Caprese. Just tomatoes and mozzarella, some basil on the top and of course olive oil and balsamico di Modena. I love it!
- 1 mozzarella
- 2 tomatoes
- pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil extra vergin
- 1 tbsp balsamico
- 3 basil leaves
- Slice the tomatoes and the mozzarella and put them on a dish 1 mozzarella slice, 1 tomato slice and so on. Just a little bit of salt, olive oil and balsamico and on the top a few leafs of basil. Buon appetito!
This is extremely fresh and perfect in summer. As a side dish or also as a small snack. It will give you the right Italian feeling.
I you have any possibility to find some different types try them out! There is the typical mozzarella of the Campagna, the fior di latte, mozzarella affumicata (smoked mozzarella) and bocconcini (small bites of mozzarella). They are not always made from cow or buffalo milk but as well from goats milk.
