Samples of other available apps: Polenta con Funghi, creamy with fried mushrooms, spring onions in a shallot butter sauce, and Granchi Fritt, tempura fried soft shell crabs in lemon caper sauce,
rucola and fennel salad at market price.
Its taste is stronger than cultivated rocket,
rucola coltivata, pictured right.
CAROL:
Rucola selvatica, wild rocket, is a perennial and will grow for several years.
ROCKET WITH PROSCIUTTO, PEARS, AND PARMESAN (INSALATA DI
RUCOLA, PROSCIUTTO, PERA, E PARMIGIANO) (Serves 4) | 350g rocket leaves | 125ml sherry shallot vinaigrette (see recipe on the right) | 8 thin slices of prosciutto | 2 firm ripe pears, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced | 60g large Parmesan cheese shavings Toss the rocket with the vinaigrette in a large bowl.
Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections linked to imported
rucola lettuce.
The salad, albeit with a seafood twist (calamari,
rucola, olives, courgettes and tomatoes), is not fresh.
We bought
rucola (a wild type of arugula), firm and dusky winter tomatoes with which to dress our bread, and a very slim, purplish type of asparagus, which I later learned was the tender spring growth of a thorny hedge plant native to the island.
Even the green grocer, in exchange for
rucola, figs, and melons, has brought me Shakespeare to translate for the occasional wedding.
The mistincanza di
rucola e parmigiano sounded exotic but lived up to its description on the menu of being a simple salad.
AIt's just another name for rocket, as is
rucola, so if you see either of them in restaurants you know it's rocket you're getting.
It's a toss-up between that and the arugula, or
rucola. These "rocket greens" fill the mouth with peppery freshness, and the components--shaved fennel, an earthy fresh goat cheese and a hint of citrus--make for a revitalizing salad that stimulates the appetite for things to come.
