This Mediterranean Black Bean Salad is a fresh and healthy side dish, made with black beans, corn, cucumber, a delicious vinaigrette, and fresh herbs. It’s perfect for potlucks and as a side dish during grilling season. Love this Southwestern black bean salad when the weather is warm, it makes enough to feed a group. It's a great side dish, appetizer if served with chips, or as a topping for taco salads. You can even serve with grilled meat, fish, and...
Zucchini Carpaccio is a dish made from very thin slices of raw zucchini drizzled with a good olive oil and a contrasting vinegar or lemon juice. In this recipe, quenelles (oval dumplings) of fresh ricotta are added. A healthful dish that can be served anytime of the year you can find zucchini. It takes minutes to prepare and requires no cooking. It can be served as an appetizer or a side dish. Chef Alba Zucchini Carpaccio with Ricotta-Mint Zucchini Carpaccio is...
Burrata (buttered in Italian), originated in Andrea, Puglia, Italy, in 1956 by Lorenzo Bianchino, a well-known local landowner and dairy farmer. Because winter of 1956 had extreme heavy snow, if was difficult to transport dairy products. Lorenzo had the brilliant idea of creating a kind of protective flask to conserve cream. So, he used mozzarella to envelope the cream and keep it safe from the cold. This is when the famous burrata of Andrea was born. Burrata is a delicate...