5 capers lemon zest italian shells Recipes

fresh mussels, in the shell , each scrubbed and rinsed, baguette , cut in 1/2-inch diagonal slices, olive oil, divided, white wine, bay leaf, unsalted chicken stock, preferably homemade, garlic cloves, peeled, sliced, tomatoes, peeled and seeded, chopped , about 1 cup (or, out of season, use good quality tinned diced tomatoes), capers in brine, drained, black olives, pitted, cut in half, sea salt , to taste, ground pepper , to taste, flat-leaf italian parsley, roughly chopped, lemons , juice of, strained, lemon , zest of, finely minced

water, salt, shell pasta, salsa , cruda, artichokes, drained, i use the marinated ones, capers, drained and rinsed, kalamata olive, pitted and chopped, lemon, juiced, lemon , zest, italian tuna in olive oil, drained, extra virgin olive oil, fresh ground black pepper, flat leaf parsley, chopped

shell pasta, water-packed tuna, drained, white beans (northern, canellini, etc.), drained and rinsed, onion, minced (1/2 cup), chopped celery, kalamata or similar olives, roughly chopped, capers, fresh basil, chopped (i used lemon basil) - or more, to taste, olive oil, lemon zest, minced, lemon, juiced, coarse ground or cracked pepper, dried dill weed, salt , to taste

boiled, shelled shrimp, cleaned calamari (squid), body cut into 3/8 rings, red potatoes, well washed and sliced into 1/4 slices, extra virgin olive oil (use the best you can find), garlic cloves, minced, red onion, very thinly sliced (preferably on a mandolin), retain about 1/2 cup for garnish, ribs celery, washed, trimmed and diced, fresh squeezed lemon juice, lemon zest (zest the lemons before squeezing the juice), dice red bell pepper, cracked sicilian green olices, black olives , not salad ripe olives (use nicoise or gaeta), chopped fresh flat leaf italian parsley (plus more for garnish), washed and capers (if using salt packed, let them soak to remove most of the saltiness), white wine vinegar (the best you can find), crushed red pepper flakes