8 insalata di italian salad Recipes

anchovies, rinsed (optional), black olives, rinsed, capers, rinsed, cauliflower, rinsed and broken into bite size pieces, red bell pepper, seeded cut into chunks, garlic cloves, peeled and crushed, herbs, olive oil, red wine vinegar or 2 tbsp lemon juice

potato, cooked, diced, chilled, stalk celery, washed, diced, chilled, diced pared cucumber, diced olive, minced onions, italian salad dressing, dried oregano

red potatoes , medium-size, celery, diced (about 1 stalk ), cucumber , pared and diced, ripe olives, pitted and diced, onions, minced, italian dressing (see recipe below ), oregano, olive oil, wine vinegar, garlic cloves, crushed, salt, pepper

head cauliflower, cut into florets, and leaves, salt, red bell peppers , cut into 1/2-inch thick strips, white wine vinegar, fennel seeds, whole cloves garlic, carrots , cut on the bias into 1/4-inch thick pieces, ribs celery , cut on the bias into 1/2-inch thick pieces, whole cippolline (italian baby onions), fennel , cut into 1/4-inch batons, salt-packed anchovies, rinsed and filleted, gaeta olives, pitted, green olives, pitted, red wine vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil

arborio rice, asparagus, shelled english peas , from about 1 lb fresh peas, fresh fava beans, lemon juice, sea salt , preferably gray salt, and freshly ground black pepper, extra-virgin olive oil, sliced basil leaves, chopped flat-leaf italian parsley, grated lemon zest, diced boiled ham, freshly grated pecorino romano

potatoes, boiled in the skin, onion , cut in half then sliced very thin, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, sea salt, freshly cracked pepper, fresh parsley, chopped