Beef knees salad (Insalata di nervetti, region Lombardia)

Here’s another summer recipe from Northern Italy, you would usually have as a starter.

Ingredients (4/6 servings)

5-6 beef knees with nerves

1 small carrot

½ onion

½ stalk of celery

rosemary

marjoram

laurel

white wine vinegar

white wine

extra virgin olive oil

salt

pepper 

Tuna beef (Vitello tonnato, region Piemonte)

This is a typical summer recipe from Northern Italy that you would usually have cold from the fridge. It is very easy to make and absolutely delicious.

Ingredients (4/6 servings)

Low fat beef meat - 1kg

tinned tuna (in olive oil, if possible) – 200 g

4 anchovies

2-3 tbsps of capers

2 boiled eggs

1 carrot

1 onion

1 stalk of celery

1 laurel leaf

1 lemon

1 tbsp of vinegar

extra virgin olive oil

salt

Lemon ice cream (Sorbetto al limone, a popular Italian refreshment)

The sorbetto is a kind of ice-cream which doesn’t contain milk and is usually made of water, sugar and fruit juice. You usually have a sorbetto al limone (lemon sorbetto) after your meal to favour your digestion or on a hot summer afternoon with friends or family.

Ingredients (4 servings)

4 lemons

1 egg white

250 g of sugar

1 small liqueur glass of vodka