George’s Insalata “La Morra”

Name: George’s Insalata “La Morra”
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: ½ pound cooked breast of chicken; white wine vinegar; water; ½ pound raw potatoes; 1 slice cooked ham, ¼ inch thick; 1 slice cooked tongue, ¼ inch thick; 2 ounces fontina, caerphilly or double gloucester cheese; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 tablespoons whipped cream; 6 tablespoons well-flavoured mayonnaise; canned white truffles

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Robert Carrier Cookbook

By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

About

Ingredients

½ pound raw potatoes
water
white wine vinegar
½ pound

Europe
Italy
La Morra
Starter
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Cut raw potatoes into matchsticks and boil them for 15 to 20 minutes in a mixture of water and white wine vinegar, three-fifths vinegar to two-fifths water. Drain and chill.

Cut chicken, ham, tongue and cheese into matchsticks, combine with potatoes, and dress with mayonnaise and whipped cream seasoned to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Just before serving, grat