Lombard Quartirolo cheese cake

The Lombard Quartirolo is a denomination of protected origin cheese (DOP).
The Decree of recognition has been published on date 12/08/1993 nr.196 on the "Gazzetta Ufficiale".


Lombard Quartirolo and Caponatina

This course is my gift to Sicily. The Lombard Quartirolo is a nice link between the two Italian cooking because this cheese well harmonises even with a very Mediterranean tastes.


Gualtiero Marchesi

Ingredients for 4 persons

8 slices of fresh Lombard Quartirolo of 50 gr. each, 300 gr. of aubergines, 80 gr. of celery, 50 gr. of black olives, 50 gr. of fresh tomato pulp, 30 gr. of onion, 20 gr. of small salty capers, 1 spoon full of pine seeds, 2 spoons full of olive oil, 2 spoons full of old vinegar, salt and white pepper.

 

How to prepare it


Cut the aubergines in small cubes and put them in a pan without any flavouring. And let them heat for a while. Cut the celery in a finger long parts and boil them in salty water for 2 minutes. Mince the onion, and cut the tomato pulp in a little cubes, wash capers from salt, remove the stone from olives and cut them in 4 parts.
In another pan heat the oil (let 1 spoon full left), with the onion and cook it for 2 minutes, stir with a wooden spoon without let it take a brownish colour. Join the celery, the capers, the pine seeds and the olives, put salt and pepper and stir well. Join the fresh tomato.
In another pan heat the lasting oil and put in it the Lombard Quartirolo slices and turn them in both sides with a little vinegar. Lay down with care the Lombard Quartirolo slices on the "caponatina" and add the hot vinegar left in the pan.

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