Bruschetta with olive oil
How to prepare:
Toast several slices of wholemeal bread lightly on both sides, rub them with a clove of garlic, sprinkle with a few drops of extra-virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt.
This is a simple dish, ideal as a starter for rustic dinners, and it should be eaten nice and hot.
Stoccafisso al frantoio
Oven baked dried cod cooked with olive oil fresh from the press
How to prepare:
Cut the dried cod into small pieces, place them in a bowl and add salt, pepper, chilli pepper, parsley and finely chopped garlic. Add olive oil and mix well. Peel and chop the potatoes and place them in another bowl, adding salt, pepper, parsley and chopped garlic. Add olive oil and mix well. Cut the tomatoes in half and cover them with a mixture of bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper and then sprinkle olive oil over them. Take a pan with a well fitting lid and line it with grease-proof paper, then build up alternate layers of dried cod and potatoes and a final layer of tomatoes. Add olive oil, white wine and water until the last layer of potatoes is covered. Cook in the oven, keeping the pan tightly closed.
Cooking time: approximately two hours.