Saturday, July 18, 2020

A Chef's Take

This being my Mom's birthday ,I just want to share some of her favorite and our favorite recipes. One is a three bean salad, tanged up with some vinegar. The other is our pomedori e uovi, tomatoes and eggs, one of the best summer recipes.

Three bean salad
1 can (16 oz) chickpeas
1 can  (16 oz) kidney beans
1 can (16 oz) cannelini beans
1 dash red wine vinegar
good glug or two of olive oil
1 chopped onion
dash of dried oregano
2 to 3 basil leaves  de-stemmed and roughly chopped
salt and pepper

Chop onion in food processor until fine.
Mix together beans and onions with the oil, vinegar, oregano, basil and seasonings Chill about two to three hours before serving.

Pomodori e uovi
Butter or margarine for sauteing
six to eight large eggs
four to five sliced vine ripe tomatoes
two cloves garlic finely minced.
salt and pepper
loaf Italian bread

Melt about two to three tablespoons of butter or margarine in a large pan
Beat eggs as if you're scrambling them. Add to pan along with the two cloves of finely minced garlic. Mix in tomatoes until they and the eggs are cooked and form curds. Season. Serve with large slices of Italian bread (although you may need two loaves to sop up the juices)

These were some of my Mom's favorite dishes to make and to eat. We always enjoyed them, especially for her birthday.,