Salad of grapes, olives, primosale cheese and prosciutto crudo ham

• 10 minutes to prepare • 5 minutes to cook • Serves 4

 

 

10 MINUTES 

This grape and primosale salad embodies the flavors and warm tones of Summer.
It is an easy and seasonal salad that tastefully mixes the sweetness of grapes and the intense flavor of taggiasche olives and raw prosciutto crudo ham. All refreshed by the slightly bitter presence of a white-wine vinegar emulsion.

This recipe is perfect if you want a single dish for a quick lunch or if you want to present a delicious appetizer.
Also, if you wish to turn it into into a vegetarian recipe, you can replace the ham with chopped walnut kernels.

Raw fruit and vegetable salads are a great way to start a meal, they are very pleasant and help us reach a sense of satiety without weighing down the stomach.
Among the tasty seasonal ideas that you can find in this blog, you may remember the Sicilian-style cedar salad, the watermelon salad with feta cheese, the spelt salad with peaches, tomatoes and ricotta, the winter salad of red radicchio and orange, and many others with pears, raspberries, grapefruit, apples, melon and pomegranate.

Feel free to look for them: they are many, healthy and so, so tasty!


Here's what you will need for the 4-serving recipe:

200 g primosale cheese
200 g iceberg salad
16 pitted Taggiasche olives
16 grapes
4 slices prosciutto crudo ham
white wine vinegar
EVO oil

1. Pour 3 tablespoons of EVO oil in a small bowl and add 1 teaspoon of wine vinegar. Add salt and whisk until you obtain an emulsion
2. Wash grapes and cut them in half, removing the seeds whether necessary. Dice primosale cheese (cubes with 2 cm side)
3. Pour 2 tablespoons of EVO oil in a pan and place it over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the prosciutto crudo ham, chopped
4. Once they have become golden, let it drain on paper towel
5. Arrange the salad in a large bowl: place the iceberg salad on the bottom first. Add olives, grapes, primosale cheese and crispy prosciutto crudo stripes. Season it with the emulsion of EVO oil, and bring to the table!

In the following, Nutrition Facts of this dish are indicated. Data is provided per serving.