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VEGETABLE CHEESE BASKETS "Cestini di Formaggio con Verdure"

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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  2. salt
  3. 1 radish
  4. 6 ounces freshly grated Grana Padano
  5. 16 asparagus spears -- trimmed and blanched
  6. 2 hard-boiled eggs -- minced
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 263 calories per serving
  2. You can use Parmigiano Reggiano or Montasio cheese instead ofthe Grana Padano. This recipe is inspired by the frico of Friuli Venezia Giulia, which is made with aged Montasio cheese.
  3. METHOD:
  4. Heat a non-stick crepe pan over medium heat. Pour in one-quarter ofthe Grana and let it melt without touching it; using a wooden spatula or a long fork, carefully turn the cheese over to cook it on the other side; cook until melted but not browned. The cheese should still be soft.
  5. While the cheese is still hot, drape it over the bottom ofa glass, pressing hard to form a basket shape. Repeat the procedure with the Grana; you will have a total 4 cheese disks.
  6. Finely dice the asparagus and saute in the same pan with the butter for 5 minutes; season with salt and divide among the 4 cheese baskets. Sprinkle each basket with the minced hard-boiled eggs and place on a platter. Garnish with the radish and serve while the asparagus is still warm.
  7. SERVES 4
  8. THE MAGAZINE OF LA CUCINA ITALIANA, April 1999

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Grater
  • Spatula
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Credit

Saved from RecipeSource (SOAR) (http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/europe/italian/00/rec0037.html), file Recipes/www.recipesource.com/ethnic/europe/italian/00/rec0037.html in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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