Name: Marinated raw baby marrow, ricotta and olive salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: PTM
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Side Servings
Ingredients: baby marrows 150g,fresh lemon juice 1T,Dijon mustard 1t,olive oil 3T,garlic clove, sliced 1,olives, pitted 50g,Fresh ricotta, to serve ,Mint leaves, to serve

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Serves Serves 4 (3 to 4 dumplings per person as a starter

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 kg spinach
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 T olive oil
200 g fresh ricotta
2 free-range eggs
1/2 t nutmeg
2 T pine nuts, half ground and half lightly toasted
5 T Parmesan, grated
Salt to taste
1/2 cup flour (optional), plus extra for dusting
50 g butter
8 sage leaves

Method

Wash the spinach well. Shake the water off the leaves then wilt in a hot pan using what water remains on the leaves. Drain and set aside to cool. When cool, squeeze dry and chop finely using a mezzaluna.

Fry the onion in the oil until translucent, then add the spinach and fry for a couple of minutes more, or until completely dry.

Combine the ricotta, spinach-and-onion mixture, eggs, nutmeg, ground pine nuts and Parmesan. Add salt to taste. Mix, using a wooden spoon, until creamy – if the mixture is too loose, add a little flour. (The dough can be prepared ahead and kept for up to one day in the fridge.)

Using the palms of your hands, lightly mould the mixture into small wine-cork shapes – they should be sticky and solid.

Coat a clean surface with flour and gently roll the dumplings in it to coat. 6 Using a slotted spoon, drop the dumplings into a saucepan of boiling water. When they float to the top they’re cooked – leave them for another 2 minutes, then remove using the slotted spoon.

Melt the butter in a pan, add the sage leaves and gently fry for one minute. Drizzle over the dumplings, then garnish with the lightly toasted pine kernels and serve immediately.

For a step-by-step video on how to make Strozzapreti, click the link: How to make strozzapreti

This is a test recipe

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