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Mozzarella for my daughter


Photo by Alessandra Zecchini ©

My 11 years old loves the mozzarella presentation of a TV ad that we have here in Italy, and as a surprise I made it for her. Basically you just have to cut a mozzarella into two, like if it was a bread roll, and put inside a big slice of beef tomato. I also added a few leaves of rocket salad. Then I put some extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper on top, and served. One each. Decadent!!!!!!!


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  1. Lazaro CooksSeptember 7, 2010 at 4:37 AM

    Beautiful mozzarella dish.

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  2. RachanaSeptember 7, 2010 at 4:41 AM

    This is so inviting! Yummm!!!! I love it!

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  3. Ushnish GhoshSeptember 7, 2010 at 5:31 AM

    Dear Alessandra
    Thats great... I liked the brief description of the recipe!! Hope to be in Milano or Rome in few weeks and I am going to eat this.( my wife wont be around to prevent me from eating all kind of cheese ha ha)
    have a nice week ahead

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  4. AlessandraSeptember 7, 2010 at 7:42 PM

    Thank you all for your comments.

    @ Ushnish, when you are in Italy try the buffalo mozzarella, you will love it!

    I am a vegetarian but I eat most cheeses (my only weakness, and my favourite food!). In New Zealand I can find many vegetarian cheeses, but in Europe it is difficult.

    have a great time in Italy!

    ciao
    A.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 7, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    Hi Alessandro,

    Amazing recipe....

    Sameena@

    www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

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  6. FaithSeptember 8, 2010 at 10:05 AM

    This is beautiful and sounds so delicious! I bet your daughter was very happy! :)

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  7. aipiSeptember 8, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Alessandra..that thing is simply delicious..we get mozzarella caprese from our local italian restaurant all the time and this is a interesting twist on that..your daughter must be very happy!!

    US Masala

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  8. AlessandraSeptember 8, 2010 at 10:49 AM

    Yes Faith and Aipi, my daughter hug me and said thank you so much! :-)

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  9. PamSeptember 12, 2010 at 5:51 AM

    This looks delicious. Your daughter must have been thrilled when you made this. Love it and buy the mozzarella all the time for salads like this.

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  10. ShawnSeptember 22, 2010 at 8:14 AM

    Thanks for visiting, I'm following you. Love if you joined me. That looks awesome
    Mr monkey

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  11. JillSeptember 25, 2010 at 2:13 AM

    Thanks for the blog visit the other day.

    That mozzarella looks heavenly!

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  12. Sushma MallyaSeptember 28, 2010 at 4:34 AM

    This looks very beautiful...

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