OT: Prosciutto Help

[Chin Diesel]

One of our neighbors is a nurse and a doctor at her hospital gave several nurses a whole, uncut 24 month salt cured prosciutto.

It's way more than her family will eat anytime soon.

So, in spite of this being pretty cool, it's getting passed around like a fruit cake. It should arrive at my house later this week.

What do you do with a prosciutto other than slice it thin for a sandwich or cut some chunks for a pasta sauce?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Alternatively, did anyone get any funky gifts the past few weeks?

 

[UC313]

I havent a clue but confronted with that on my counter, id be in trouble.

 

[Deepster]

Jesus. What CAN'T you do with that?

Blanch asparagus, wrap a few spears in prosciutto and broil lightly. Drizzle in balsamic.
Prosciutto and peas in a fettucini Alfredo or a carbonara.
Chunks of cantaloupe wrapped in prosciutto.
Escarole, white beans and sausage with prosciutto.

Or, I would just sit there every single night eating it with good cheese and fresh crusty bread. That piece of meat is like GOLD right there. Anything you do with it will be elevated.

 

[8893]

Slice really thin and serve as part of a charcuterie, with cheese, nuts, grapes, etc.

Put it on pizza; really good with baby arugula, if they will allow that combo down there.

Slice thin and wrap around a pork loin and cook in clay oven. This is a great add to a pork loin. Nice and crispy and imparts great flavor.

 

[8893]

BTW, unless you are insanely skilled with a knife, you will want a deli slicer.

 

[JMick]

it's good on an egg sandwich. fry it up in the pan with the eggs

if you like asparagus, you can wrap the asparagus in prosciutto too. you can throw it right on the grill. some people put goat cheese between the wrap and the asparagus too.

 

[methodology]

Crostini, fig jam, prosciutto, burrata or goat cheese

You're welcome

 

[superjohn]

Only on it's own or with cheese, bread melon.

 

[8893]

it's good on an egg sandwich. fry it up in the pan with the eggs

if you like asparagus, you can wrap the asparagus in prosciutto too. you can throw it right on the grill. some people put goat cheese between the wrap and the asparagus too.

Both great calls.

Even if you don’t like asparagus, this makes it awesome. No cheese needed IMO, just a little char.

 

[8893]

Only on it's own or with cheese, bread melon.

Yes great with cantaloupe

 

[tcf15]

 

[CL82]

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Cut one slice a little thicker add it to linguini carbonara. Add some peas and sautéed onions. Top with freshy cracked pepper and freshly ground parmesan.

 

[huskymedic]

Cool gift!

Prosciutto wrapped cod loin w/ roasted cherry tomatoes drizzled w/ olive oil. Prosciutto is not as greasy/fatty as bacon so it works well w/ fish.

 

[TerryBoyz]

I made a rosted red pepper, spinach, mozzarella chicken rolled in prosciutto for the holidays. It was delicious. It’s easier to make than it sounds.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND PROSCIUTTO STUFFED CHICKEN (SKINNYTASTE)

Servings: 8 Size: 1 roll Old Points: 4 pts Weight Watcher Points+: 5 pt Calories: 190 Fat: 6 g Carb: 7 g Fiber: 1 g Protein: 27 g Sugar: 1 g Sodium: 536 mg Cholest: 0 mg

www.epicurious.com

 

[Dove]

Chicken saltimbocca!!

Pound boneless chicken chest flat. Then top it with Swiss cheese, proscuitto, chopped tomato and sage. Roll it up and put in a baking dish. Repeat with as many pieces of chx you want. Then brush all of them with melted butter, then top with bread crumbs. This is the healthier way. Bad way is to take the rolled up wad and slather it in a butter dish and then roll in bread crumbs.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Or look up your own version.

 

[2PointGuards]

Ask for the bone and make a bean soup.

 

[TerryBoyz]

What ever it’s called It was tasty!!
I made a few roll with speck just to experiment and i liked better.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Good suggestions so far. Once it gets passed to me and I cook a few of these suggestions, I'll post pics.

We definitely do not have a meat slicer not do our neighbors. That was part of our amusement of how to use the gift. Tried that long carving knife in the pic but skill is definitely lacking in how to make a uniform thin cut.

Asparagus wrapped is a good idea.

I actually went to a butcher and got prosciutto for a charcuterie board for NYE.
Crostinis or toasted points with goat cheese and a jam sounds tasty too.
Saltimbocca is something I haven't made but this would be a good opportunity to expand cooking skills. Same with the roasted red peppers and mozz.

 

[Dove]

The chicken saltimbocca was in a really old cookbook I stole from my mom. I made it for a g/f on her second dinner at my apartment. She married me 3 1/2 years later. Its a Valentine's Day staple.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The chicken saltimbocca was in a really old cookbook I stole from my mom. I made it for a g/f on her second dinner at my apartment. She married me 3 1/2 years later. Its a Valentine's Day staple.

Very nice. I knew Mrs Diesel was a keeper when she made me home made pierogis from scratch.

 

[Chin Diesel]

One thing I did learn a few years ago making an app for a party with the melons and cantaloupe and prosciutto.

Gotta serve quickly after prepping or the salt from the meat extracts all the water out of melon and you have an ungodly mess of goop.

 

[superjohn]

Good suggestions so far. Once it gets passed to me and I cook a few of these suggestions, I'll post pics.

We definitely do not have a meat slicer not do our neighbors. That was part of our amusement of how to use the gift. Tried that long carving knife in the pic but skill is definitely lacking in how to make a uniform thin cut.

Asparagus wrapped is a good idea.

I actually went to a butcher and got prosciutto for a charcuterie board for NYE.
Crostinis or toasted points with goat cheese and a jam sounds tasty too.
Saltimbocca is something I haven't made but this would be a good opportunity to expand cooking skills. Same with the roasted red peppers and mozz.

All the suggestions are good but I wouldn't mess with cooking it or making stuffed chicken. Do that with stuff you get at the grocery store but if I had a leg of it like that it's so damn good on it's own I would only slice it right off the bone and eat it or as charcuterie with the cheeses, melon, and bread that compliment it. Maybe cook with the scraps.

 

[bendm]

All the suggestions are good but I wouldn't mess with cooking it

yeah that cost a couple hundred bucks, at least

 

[Excalibur]

Cut a few chicken breasts off the bone but leave the skin on. Stuff it under the skin with a mixture of chopped thin-sliced prosciutto, Boursin and fontina. Season the skin with paprika and salt and pan sear in butter for 5 minutes on medium high heat, skin down.
put them in a separate pan and in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes. De-glaze pan with sherry and Marsala, and spoon the sauce over the chicken when done.

 

[ZenConn]

Bruschetta, Wrapped with Figs, Melons. Try it with scallops.

Try it in a Chicken Marsala as well.

 

[storrsroars]

Crostini, fig jam, prosciutto, burrata or goat cheese

You're welcome

Chunk of fresh mozz or burrata, wrapped in proscuitto, drizzle of good balsamic... doesn't get much better. Basil leaf optional.

The chicken saltimbocca was in a really old cookbook I stole from my mom. I made it for a g/f on her second dinner at my apartment. She married me 3 1/2 years later. Its a Valentine's Day staple.

I get a chuckle every time I'm reminded of saltimbocca because it reminds of having a veal saltimbocca in the Condado area of San Juan back in 1981, at a restaurant that was named something like "Tony and Geno's, from White Plains." I don't recall the exact names, but will always remember the White Plains part. Who knew White Plains had that kind of cachet in Puerto Rico?

All the suggestions are good but I wouldn't mess with cooking it or making stuffed chicken. Do that with stuff you get at the grocery store but if I had a leg of it like that it's so damn good on it's own I would only slice it right off the bone and eat it or as charcuterie with the cheeses, melon, and bread that compliment it. Maybe cook with the scraps.

That depends on the taste. It's not all that uncommon to get a leg where some of it's seasoned properly but due to how it was hung/stored, an overabundance of salt has concentrated in certain areas, making those parts better for cooking than noshing. Plus, it's basically "free", so you're not paying $24.99/lb for a secondary ingredient in whatever you're cooking, so experiment away.

 

[temery]

Cut it into cubes and add it to baked beans or Canadian pea soup.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

My father in law makes prosciutto every year with his friends so I have been in this exact situation, only did not have anybody to share with.

Like many have already said cut it thin and serve with cheeses or on a crostini. Keep it simple. I myself have not tried cooking with it and just eat it by the chunk or slice depending how good my knife was working that day.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Alternatively, did anyone get any funky gifts the past few weeks?

Yes. Wife inexplicably purchased some kind of lighting device that makes you look better in selfies or on Zoom calls. I sit next to a window already. Lighting is fine, I'm just too fat. Returned.

Of course the fun part is that a package we sent my sister on December 10th for Christmas still has not arrived. Once my brother in law sent us also has no arrived. Way to go USPS.

As for your prosciutto, going to be tricky to slice that without a deli slicer.