Merry Christmas, dear friends! I hope you had a lovely and relaxing time. And that there was plenty of good food. 🙂

Since the festivities are still in full swing, I bring you something quick and easy, but also a bit fancy looking. This salad is definitely more of a concept, than it is a recipe, but it is definitely gonna up your holiday table game. Also, it will work great either as an antipasto, or as a full meal if served with a nice hunk of crusty bread.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields 1-2 servings / 3.40 EUR)

¼ cup of balsamic vinegar (0.33 EUR)

2 tbsp olive oil (0.09 EUR)

Pinch of salt (0.01 EUR)

Good pinch of freshly ground black pepper (0.03 EUR)

Large handful of fresh baby spinach (0.67 EUR)

6 large cherry tomatoes (0.80 EUR)

1 ball of mozzarella cheese (0.80 EUR)

3-4 thin slices of prosciutto (0.67 EUR)

METHOD:

To make the balsamic reduction, add balsamic vinegar to a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes, until thickened and reduced in volume. The reduction will thicken even more as it cools down. You can always prepare more balsamic reduction ahead of time and store it in the fridge, as it will keep there for weeks.

Prepare everything else once the balsamic reduction is done and cooled. Rinse and pat dry baby spinach and tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes into quarters. Arrange the spinach on a large plate and scatter tomato quarters on top. Season with a good drizzle of balsamic reduction and olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tear the mozzarella ball and prosciutto slices into bite sized pieces and scatter on top of the veggies. Add a bit more balsamic reduction, olive oil and black pepper. Serve immediately.

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Dragi prijatelji, sretan vam Božić! Nadam se da ste se lijepo proveli i opustili. I naravno, da ste uživali u puno fine hrane. 🙂

Obzirom kako nam slavlja i dalje traju, evo vam jedna jednostavna i brza salata, koja također izgleda i prilično fensi. Iako je ovo više nekakav koncept, nego pravi recept, definitivno će vam podignuti blagdanski stol. Također, ovu salatu možete poslužiti i kao hladno predjelo, ali i kao glavno jelo uz neki lijepi komad hrskavog kruha.

SASTOJCI:

(Za 1-2 porcije / 25,42 kn)

¼ šalice aceta balsamica (2,50 kn)

2 žlice maslinovog ulja (0,66 kn)

Prstohvat soli (0,01 kn)

Dobar prstohvat svježe mljevenog crnog papra (0,25 kn)

Veliki pregršt svježeg baby špinata (5,00 kn)

6 velikih cherry rajčica (6,00 kn)

1 loptica mozzarelle (6,00 kn)

3-4 tanke šnite pršuta (5,00 kn)

PRIPREMA:

Pripremite reducirani aceto tako da aceto balsamico stavite u malu posudicu na jaku vatru i pustite da zavrije. Smanjite vatru, pa krčkajte desetak minuta, dok se ne zgusne i ne reducira. Imajte na umu kako će se aceto još dodatno zgusnuti kako se bude hladio. Možete slobodno pripremiti veću količinu pa višak čuvati u hladnjaku, pošto će držati i nekoliko tjedana.

Kada je reducirani aceto spreman i ohlađen, priredite sve ostalo. Operite i kuhinjskim ručnikom posušite špinat i rajčice. Rajčice narežite na četvrtine. Špinat rasporedite po velikom tanjuru i po njemu raštrkajte kriške rajčica. Dobro začinite sa reduciranim acetom, maslinovim uljem, soli i paprom. Mozzarellu i pršut natrgajte na komadiće veličine zalogaja, pa rasporedite po špinatu i rajčicama. Dodajte još mrvicu acceta, maslinovog ulja i crnog papra, te odmah poslužite.