Italian Salads Recipes - Italian Seafood Salad (Insalata di Frutti di Mare all' Italiana) Recipe

Ingredients 

• 75 ml/5 tbsp virgin olive oil

• 45 ml/3 tbsp lemon juice

• 1 garlic clove, crushed

• 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

• 15 ml/1 tbsp snipped fresh chives

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 450 g/1lb cooked, whole prawns (shrimp)

• 450 g/1lb cooked squid, sliced

• 225 g/8 oz shelled, cooked scallops

• 450 g/1lb mussels, steamed, opened and removed from the shells

• 1 red (bell) pepper, grilled and skinned

• 1/2 cucumber, seeded and cut into 5 cm/2 in chunks

• 8 black olives, stoned (pitted)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

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Method:

1. Mix the olive oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, chopped parsley and chives together in a large bowl and season with the salt and pepper.

2. Save a few prawns for garnishing, peel the remainder and add with the cooked squid, scallops and mussels to the bowl.

3. Slice the red pepper thinly and add to the seafood. Season with the salt and pepper and add the cucumber and black olives.

4. Turn gently to coat lightly in the dressing and chill for 1 hour.

5. Just before serving, garnish with the chopped parsley and the reserved prawns.