The best recipes for Ferragosto

The ideal appetizer is linked to the location where we are, seaside, countryside or mountains.

Fresh and healthy, theOctopus and Potato Salad It's a classic, and you can make it ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator for a couple of days before enjoying it. It can be eaten warm or cold, depending on your taste, and is generally a hit with everyone. Don't forget to sprinkle it with fresh parsley.

An extraordinary combination of eggplant and capers. The caponata Siciliana It's a summer must-have. Rich in flavor, authentic, and nutritious, it's one of the great classics of Sicilian cuisine. Born from the peasant tradition, it's made with simple, readily available ingredients and is incredibly satisfying.

For this delicious and fresh for successful corporate training You'll need: couscous, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, and a good extra virgin olive oil.

Cold pasta with stale bread

Nothing better for your August picnic than a plate of cold pasta which also allows you to recover and not waste stale bread.

Rice salad with confit cherry tomatoes

The most suitable rice for this dish, which is excellent for a mid-August menu, is definitely basmati. Rice salad is always a safe bet, but this one with confit cherry tomatoes It's definitely worth trying.

Main course

Second courses for Ferragosto should be easy to eat, perhaps prepared in advance to avoid spending too much time cooking on the holiday.

Eggplant Parmigiana

A classic that, with this for successful corporate training, it will never disappoint you. Once again, it's made with eggplant, a beloved and versatile seasonal vegetable that's the star of countless summer recipes.

Tuna in sour sauce

Il tuna in vinegar, prepared the day before your picnic or outdoor lunch, is a special second course, ideal for Ferragosto.

The ingredients are fresh tuna, garlic, lemons, a pinch of salt, white wine, extra virgin olive oil, and bay leaves.

• Place the tuna in a baking dish and sprinkle with chopped garlic and lemon zest.
• Then season with a pinch of salt, the white wine, the oil and the lemon juice.
• Marinate overnight.
• Cover everything with bay leaves and bake at 220 degrees for 30 minutes.
• It can be served both hot and cold.

Vegan grills

Another possibility, if your Ferragosto includes grilling, as an alternative to the usual meat or fish, is to choose one of the best recipes of vegan grills.

Boundary

As a side dish, we can prepare excellent salads using any vegetables we like, preferably seasonal, and making sure to combine different colors (green, white, yellow-orange, blue-purple). For example? The side dish Partner it's a salad with lettuce, carrots, fennel and radicchio. However, there are many ideas for tasty and refreshing salads, here are some:

Zucchini salad

A fresh and nutritious summer side dish, it's the perfect accompaniment for staying fit and healthy without sacrificing flavor. The only requirement: seasonal zucchini, for azucchini salad unsurpassable.

Sprout Salad

A panacea for health, it is perfect to accompany fish dishes. Let's enrich this sprout salad with flaked almonds, sunflower seeds, radishes, carrots and avocado.

Radish salad

An ivery colorful salad and rich in beneficial properties for our health. Beets, oranges, and radishes are typical summer side dishes.

Lemon and spinach salad

During the summer, if we want to make this salad A fresh and healthy one-dish meal, we can enrich it with feta, salmon, and parmesan shavings. And a few slices of homemade bread.

Fennel and orange salad

A typical Sicilian recipe, very tasty, it combines the flavor of fennel with that of 'cunzate', or seasoned, oranges. A variation of this fennel and orange saladThe one with black olives and baby spinach.

Desserts

Finally, instead of the dessert, Cassarino suggests a nice fruit salad of fresh seasonal fruit that you can enrich by adding almond and pistachio flakesBut there are so many light, tasty, fruit-based desserts for Ferragosto. A few examples?

Ricotta and strawberry mousse

Soft and delicious, the ricotta and strawberry mousse It's ideal if you want to surprise your guests with a quick but very tasty dessert.

Peach sorbet

To recover ripe peaches, this sorbet It's a perfect dessert: full of flavor, light, non-wasteful, and above all, perfect for beating the heat of summer lunches outdoors. Other sorbets to consider as alternatives are: lemon, with ginger e with berries.

Fruit and nut salad

It's great for your health, delicious, and easy to make and transport. The unconventional touch? A few drops of limoncello in this delicious treat. fruit and nut salad.

Citrus ice cream

To prepare this excellent and refreshing gelato It only takes 25 minutes. Once you've prepared the initial dough, let it rest in the refrigerator. The only precaution: the orange and lemon juice must be strained very well. Alternatively, try the vegan strawberry ice cream, to be prepared quickly and easily without an ice cream maker, with soy milk and zero animal proteins. Or the vegan pistachio ice cream.

Read also:

• How to save money on August 15th
• How to organize a perfect picnic
• Grilling meat: tips for cooking it well and safely