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Salt-baked fish

Difficulty:medium Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:45 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 fish weighing about 1.2 kg (sea bass, sea bream, gilthead bream, dentex) 1.5 kg coarse cooking salt 1 lemon rosemary and sage P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION Gut and wash the fish but don’t remove the scales. Pat dry with kitchen

Cundigiun alla Genovese

Difficulty:easy Preparation:10 minutes Cooking:15 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 300 g new potatoes 4 salad tomatoes (‘cuore di bue’ preferably) 2 peppers 1 cucumber 1 red onion 100 g taggiasca olives in brine 4 salted anchovy fillets 2 cloves garlic 1 hard boiled egg Vinegar Salt basil leaves P.D.O. Riviera Ligure

Beetroot salad with walnuts and oranges

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:10 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 500 g cooked beetroot 50 g walnuts 170 g mixed salad leaves 3 oranges 1 tsp lemon juice 3 tbsp orange juice 50 g parmesan cheese Salt 1 handful chopped chives 3 tbsp Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Peel the beetroots,

Garlic, olive oil and chilli spaghetti

Difficulty:easy Preparation:10 minutes Cooking:10 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 2 garlic cloves 400 gr spaghetti 2 hot chilli peppers Salt 100 ml Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Boil the pasta in plenty of salted water, while you heat up the olive oil in a large frying pan.When the oil is

Bresaola, rocket leaves and shaved Parmesan cheese

Difficulty: easy Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: – INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 200 g bresaola (cured beef) 60 gr rocket leaves 50 gr Parmesan cheese 1/2 lemon juice Salt ground black pepper 4 tbsp of Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Place the rocket leaves on a plate and drizzle with the

Beef Carpaccio with goat cheese

Difficulty:easy Preparation:15 minutes Cooking:– INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 600 g quality beef fillet sliced very thinly 150 gr fresh goat’s milk cheese 150 gr mixed salad leaves 1 lemon 1 tbsp chopped chives 1 tsp freshly chopped oregano Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Rinse the mixed salad leaves.In the meantime

Simei 2019: “Dressing the extra virgin olive oils to be market winners”

On 21st November 2019, during SIMEI– International Exhibition of Machinery for Oenology and Bottling – the Olio Officina and Mercacei publishers held an interesting conference called “Dressing extra virgin olive oils to be market winners”. The initiative focused on expanding the role of the packaging process, making it a symbol

Artichoke and shrimp salad

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:5 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4) 4 baby artichokes 500 g shrimps 1 lemon vegetable broth salt pepper P.D.O. Garda oil PREPARATION Wash the artichokes, remove the stalks and use a paring knife to trim off the hard and fibrous skin around the base. Cut off the spines

Marinated trout fillets

Difficulty:easy Preparation:15 minutes Cooking:– NOTE: + 24 hours in refrigerator to marinate INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4) 4 salmon trout fillets 3 lemons 1 orange P.D.O. Garda oil PREPARATION Marinate the trout fillets in lemon juice and oil for 24 hours in the refrigerator.Cut the fillets into thin slices and arrange them

Turkey in rice salad

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:45 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 8) 450 g turkey breast 360 g parboiled rice 300 g Gruyère cheese 200 g peas chopped herbs (bay leaf, sage, rosemary) 4 eggs salt pepper lemon P.D.O. Garda oil PREPARATION Put the salt and peppered turkey breast in an oven dish with

Salt-baked fish

Difficulty:medium Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:45 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 fish weighing about 1.2 kg (sea bass, sea bream, gilthead bream, dentex) 1.5 kg coarse cooking salt 1 lemon rosemary and sage P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION Gut and wash the fish but don’t remove the scales. Pat dry with kitchen

Cundigiun alla Genovese

Difficulty:easy Preparation:10 minutes Cooking:15 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 300 g new potatoes 4 salad tomatoes (‘cuore di bue’ preferably) 2 peppers 1 cucumber 1 red onion 100 g taggiasca olives in brine 4 salted anchovy fillets 2 cloves garlic 1 hard boiled egg Vinegar Salt basil leaves P.D.O. Riviera Ligure

Beetroot salad with walnuts and oranges

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:10 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 500 g cooked beetroot 50 g walnuts 170 g mixed salad leaves 3 oranges 1 tsp lemon juice 3 tbsp orange juice 50 g parmesan cheese Salt 1 handful chopped chives 3 tbsp Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Peel the beetroots,

Garlic, olive oil and chilli spaghetti

Difficulty:easy Preparation:10 minutes Cooking:10 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 2 garlic cloves 400 gr spaghetti 2 hot chilli peppers Salt 100 ml Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Boil the pasta in plenty of salted water, while you heat up the olive oil in a large frying pan.When the oil is

Bresaola, rocket leaves and shaved Parmesan cheese

Difficulty: easy Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: – INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 200 g bresaola (cured beef) 60 gr rocket leaves 50 gr Parmesan cheese 1/2 lemon juice Salt ground black pepper 4 tbsp of Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Place the rocket leaves on a plate and drizzle with the

Beef Carpaccio with goat cheese

Difficulty:easy Preparation:15 minutes Cooking:– INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 600 g quality beef fillet sliced very thinly 150 gr fresh goat’s milk cheese 150 gr mixed salad leaves 1 lemon 1 tbsp chopped chives 1 tsp freshly chopped oregano Frutto della Vita Organic Oil PREPARATION Rinse the mixed salad leaves.In the meantime

Simei 2019: “Dressing the extra virgin olive oils to be market winners”

On 21st November 2019, during SIMEI– International Exhibition of Machinery for Oenology and Bottling – the Olio Officina and Mercacei publishers held an interesting conference called “Dressing extra virgin olive oils to be market winners”. The initiative focused on expanding the role of the packaging process, making it a symbol

Artichoke and shrimp salad

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:5 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4) 4 baby artichokes 500 g shrimps 1 lemon vegetable broth salt pepper P.D.O. Garda oil PREPARATION Wash the artichokes, remove the stalks and use a paring knife to trim off the hard and fibrous skin around the base. Cut off the spines

Marinated trout fillets

Difficulty:easy Preparation:15 minutes Cooking:– NOTE: + 24 hours in refrigerator to marinate INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4) 4 salmon trout fillets 3 lemons 1 orange P.D.O. Garda oil PREPARATION Marinate the trout fillets in lemon juice and oil for 24 hours in the refrigerator.Cut the fillets into thin slices and arrange them

Turkey in rice salad

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:45 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 8) 450 g turkey breast 360 g parboiled rice 300 g Gruyère cheese 200 g peas chopped herbs (bay leaf, sage, rosemary) 4 eggs salt pepper lemon P.D.O. Garda oil PREPARATION Put the salt and peppered turkey breast in an oven dish with