Italian Ciliegine Con Prosciutto Recipes

ITALIAN CILIEGINE CON PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• Squeeze lemon juice into a medium bowl.
• Peel and crush garlic and put it into the bowl along with the chives, olive oil, and red-pepper flakes.
• Drain and add cheese"cherries" or cut mozzarella into 3/4- inch cubes and add to the mixture.
• Marinate at room temperature at least 2 hours.
• (Can cover and refrigerate overnight).
• Cut prosciutto slices in half lengthwise.
• Wrap 1 slice of prosciutto around each piece of cheese and 1 small sprig of dill.
• Secure with a toothpick and serve.

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO CON PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• The cheese selected here are of the best quality. It's your main ingredient of the sauce, try not to cheat. Parmesean/Romano cheese in a can does not melt at all, because of additives. Highly not recommended.
• Boil water for pasta, cooking until al-dente.
• Slice prosciutto into squares.
• Fine Dice Shallots.
• Grate Cheeses.
• Melt butter in a generous sized cooking pan (pan with sides) on low heat. Add shallots and cook till tender/translucent. Add salt and pepper to taste (remember there's alot of salt in these cheeses.) Add heavy cream, stirring constantly until the cream almost boils. Remove from heat. Add drained pasta into pan with cheeses. Stir until you've found decadence in a pan!
• Soon as I can I'll post a picture, but with green pasta, use a white or cream colored serving dish and garnish with parsley and a few ribbons of parmasean cheese! Bon appetito! (cooking time depends really on your pasta choice).
• Variations:.
• For example, skip proscuitto and cook shrimp in sauce before adding pasta and cheese. OMG! Add cooked diced chicken breast. Try pancetta or bacon instead of prosciutto. Use with tortellini? Add Mozarella cheese on top of individual servings and bake it under a 450* pre-heated oven for 10-15 min until mozarella is melted and just starting to brown.

SCAMPI CON PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• Combine shrimp, wine, olive oil, garlic and crushed pepper in bowl; toss to coat. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
• Preheat broiler. Drain shrimp, reserving marinade.
• Wrap 1 prosciutto strip around each shrimp. Arrange 3 shrimp in each of 4 shallow broilerproof dishes, tucking ends of prosciutto strips under shrimp. Drizzle 1 tablespoon marinade over shrimp in each dish.
• Broil shrimp about 6 inches from heat source until prosciutto begins to crisp and shrimp are cooked through; watch closely to avoid burning, about 6 minutes.
• Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with lemon wedges.