Bella Vita Gourmet Olive Oil will feature a recipe using our products. We will give you ideas of great tasting foods using Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegars.
Bella Vita Gourmet Olive Oils & Balsamics will concentrate on healthy great tasting foods that give you healthy ways to eat without sacrificing flavor.
Lemon Crepe
Ingredients
4 Eggs
4 Heaping TBSP Potato Starch
1 TBSP Honey
1 TSP Salt
1 Cup Milk or Alternative
1 TBSP Lemon Fused Olive Oil
Directions
Spray pan with extra virgin olive oil. Mix together and cook over medium heat just a few minutes on each side like thin pancakes.
Spicy Calabrian Pesto Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
2 Slices of Artisan Bread
2 Slices Cooked Bacon
Spicy Calabrian Pesto Olive Oil
1 Slice Cheddar Cheese
1 Slice Gouda Cheese
Directions
Brush each side of the bread with Spicy Calabrian Pesto Olive Oil. Cook one side of the bread in a skillet until brown. Flip bread put a slice of cheese on each piece of bread. Put bacon on top and cook until the bread is brown. Put the two sides together and flip several times until cheese is melted.
Spicy Calabrian Pesto Sauce
Ingredients
2 Cups Fresh Basil Leaves
½ Cup Pine Nus
½ Teaspoon Salt
¾ Cup Grated Parmesan or Pecorino Romano
½ Cup Spicy Calabrian Pesto Olive Oil
Directions
Combine basil and pine nuts in a food processor. Pulse a few times to coarsely chop. Add Olive oil and pulse a few more times until the consistency is to your taste. Stir in cheese and salt. Serve on crostini, sandwich, dip for vegetables, or topping for pizza.
Elderberry Glazed Chicken with Olives and Capers
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts, boneless
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 heaping TBSP of Italian Herbs
coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup elderberry vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup pitted olives with juice, chopped
1/4 cup capers with a bit of juice
2 bay leaves
1 cup white wine
Directions
1. Early in the day: In a 9x13 Pyrex baking dish combine chicken breasts, garlic, Italian herbs, pepper and coarse salt to taste, vinegar, olive oil, olives, capers and juice, and bay leaves. Cover and let marinate, refrigerated, at least 4 hours, flipping breasts over in marinade several times.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Pour wine over chicken breasts and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, basting frequently with pan juices, and turning breasts over halfway through cooking. Chicken is done as soon as the breasts feel firm when you press on them with the back of a fork and have a nice, browned appearance
Serve it with mashed potatoes and a glaze made from the pan juices if you are after comfort food, or with roasted veggies.
Rose' Balsamic W/Raspberry Shrub Recipe:
Ingredients
2 Cups fresh or frozen raspberries
1 Cup of Sugar
1 Cup Bella Vita Rose' or Montmorency Cherry Rose'Balsamic
Shrub Instructions:
1. Combine the raspberries, sugar and vinegar in a medium bowl. Mash well with a fork, cover and refrigerate overnight.
2. Fill a tall glass with ice, pour in a splash of shrub, and top it off with seltzer water, club soda or your favorite alcohol.
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