This was the only meat I would eat during my first 6 months of pregnancy. And I still love it.
Oh how I love prosciutto. Let me count the ways:
- As a last minute add to a pizza. Bake a small pizza with the regular toppings. When it comes out of the oven add arugula and shaved prosciutto. Serve with a fork and knife.
- By itself, with a lovely glass of Barbera.
- Wrapped around a long Italian breadstick.
- Piled on top of ripe, sweet, juicy cantaloupe melon
- Wrapped around a date
- Wrapped around a fig
- Wrapped around my finger
- On an antipasto platter, along grilled vegetables and hard aged cheese
- As an addition to the traditional buffala mozzarella, ripe tomato and basil
- In pasta: toss hot pasta with freshly grated parmesan cheese, cream, fresh peas, and gorgeous chunks of this ham
- On a sandwich on a fresh baguette, buttered (we do that thing here and believe me you would get used to it too)
- Spread with a thin layer of herbed goat cheese, then rolled and cut into little wheels.
I love Portugal, having just visited the first time in early November. The people are simply beautiful, just lovely. The food is wonderful. I am trying very hard to find Serra da Estrela cheese here in Switzerland but I cannot, and I am VERY SAD....thank you for visiting my blog!
ReplyDeleteWhat about the gorgeous chicken dish you had last night Pammie? Chicken stuffed with Roule and wrapped in Proscuitto xx
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