Low fat ingredients have been selected here, for the recipes used for making Italian bean dip, pita crisps and grilled polenta with gorgonzola. These appetizers are quick and easy to prepare and are basically Italian classics.
Recipe for Italian Bean Dip
Ingredients
* 50ml of oil-packed sun dried tomatoes
* 25ml of olive oil
* 25ml of lemon juice
* 2 tablespoon of chopped fresh basil
* 2 garlic cloves
* A pinch of ground pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon of salt
* 540ml of canned white kidney beans
Procedure
- Chop the dried tomatoes into fine sizes
- Cut the garlic cloves into small slices
- Rinse the kidney beans and drain out the water
- Put the dried tomatoes, olive oil, lemon juice, basil, pepper, garlic and salt into a bowl and stir them together
- Pour the mixture into a blender. Add the kidney beans and switch the blender on and off for about 12 times until the mixture becomes chunky.
- Serve with bread and crisps.
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Recipe for Pita Crisps
Ingredients
* 2 pitas
* 80ml of olive oil
* 2 garlic cloves
* 1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin
Procedure
- Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180oC
- Cut the garlic into small slices
- Put the pitas on a cutting board and cut each one into two parts
- Put the olive oil, garlic and cumin in a small bowl and stir vigorously to mix them properly
- Rub both sides of each of the pitas with the oil mixture above, and cut each of them into 10 slices
- Put the slices of pitas on a baking sheet and bake for about 20 minutes until the pitas become crisp and golden
- The crisps can be preserved for about 2 weeks in an airtight container.
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Recipe For Grilled Polenta with Gorgonzola
Ingredients
* 380ml of cornmeal
* 120g of Gorgonzola
* 1 teaspoon of salt
* A little amount of vegetable oil
Procedure
- Cut the Gorgonzola into about 40 cubes and set aside
- Put about 1.8 liters of water into a deep saucepan, add the salt and allow to boil over a moderately high heat
- Add the cornmeal slowly and in little amount at a constant rate, while whisking and stirring constantly to avoid lumps
- Reduce the heat to a moderately low amount and cook for about 25 minutes, while constantly stirring until it becomes thick and smooth.
- Pour it into a flat (about 13-inch wide) baking sheet that has the inside rubbed with the vegetable oil. Spread it all over the baking sheet. Allow it to cool until it becomes solid.
- Rub the inside of the grill of a cooker with the vegetable oil and preheat the grill.
- Put the solid polenta on a cutting board by turning the baking sheet upside down over the cutting board. Cut the polenta into about 40 cubes.
- Grill the polenta cubes for about 2 minutes until it becomes slightly brown. Turn over all the cubes.
- Put each of the Gorgonzola set aside, on each of the polenta cubes.
- Grill for about 2 more minutes until the Gorgonzola melt.
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