home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Carpaccio
-
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
-
- Serves 6 people
-
- Garlic cloves 3
- Olive oil 1/2 cup
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Aceto balsamico 2 tsp, to taste
- Wedge of parmesan cheese 5 1/2 oz
- Very thin slices of fillet of beef 1 1/4 pound
- Arugula small bunch
-
- Note that this dish
- requires an extra hour in
- the preparation to soak
- the garlic. Peel and halve
- the garlic cloves. Soak the
- garlic in the oil for at least
- 1 hour. Tear the arugula
- into large pieces and place
- it in a bowl. Remove the
- garlic from the oil and
- whisk in the salt, pepper,
- and aceto balsamico.
-
- Arrange the meat on a
- serving plate. Pour 1/3 of
- the dressing over the
- arugula and toss some
- leaves on the center of
- each plate. Pour the rest
- of the dressing over the
- meat, brushing it to coat
- it all over. Using a truffle
- shaver or a vegetable peeler,
- shave off thin slices of
- cheese over the meat and
- serve at once.