Italian Salads Recipes - Genoese Salad (Insalata Genovese) Recipe

Ingredients 

• 1/2 cucumber, chopped

• 2 large tomatoes, thinly sliced

• 4 slices prosciutto

• 8 slices salami

• 2 eggs, hard-boiled (hard-cooked) and halved

• 45 ml/3 tbsp olive oil

• 15 ml/1 tbsp tarragon vinegar

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 1 garlic clove, crushed

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Method:

1. Arrange the cucumber over the base of a serving dish with the tomato slices in the centre.

2. Roll up the prosciutto and place over the salad with the salami and olives. Place the eggs on top of the salami.

3. Blend the olive oil with the vinegar, salt, pepper and garlic and pour over the salad. Chill for 15 minutes before serving.