Name: Crostini di finta selvaggina (Toast with mock game)
Yield: Makes 8 to 10 servings
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 small carrot; 1 heaping tablespoon capers preserved in vinegar; ½ pesticide-free lemon; 1 heaping tablespoon small gherkins; 8 to 10 slices bread, toasted, or crackers; small piece dried chile; salt; leaves from 1 small bunch parsley; 2 sage leaves; 1 garlic clove; needles from 1 sprig rosemary; 2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar; 3½ ounces (100 g) chicken giblets; 3½ ounces (100 g) oil-packed tuna, preferably Italian

Preparation info

Makes
8 to 10
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

About

Ingredients

1 small carrot
2 sage leaves
leaves from 1 small bunch

Method

Chop together the carrot, parsley and sage leaves, and rosemary needles. Crush the garlic clove. Trim the giblets, eliminating the green bile ducts from the livers. Rinse them for a good, long time and pat dry.

Heat the oil in a skillet and sauté the garlic and chile over medium heat. When the garlic begins to color, add the giblets and the carrot mixture, sprinkle with salt, and contin