ANTIPASTO MEXICANO (Cold Meat & Vegetables)
Recipe from José Leopoldo Romero (college professor turned restauranteur), from
Betty Crocker Mexican Cookbook, Random House 1981, P.18
15 thin slices Genoa Salami
15 slices cooked roast beef or roast pork
3 spiced sausages (chorizos) cooked and sliced
1 can tuna, drained
1 can rolled anchovy filets
3 hard cooked eggs, cut into fourths
15 asparagus stalks, cooked
8 cooked artichoke hearts cooked in half
3 tomatoes in wedges
1 cup sliced cooked potatoes
1 cup sliced cooked beets
1 cup cooked green beans
1 cup cooked garbanzo (chick peas) beans
Lettuce leaves
1 1/2 cups Italian Vinaigrette, prepared with an envelope of Italian Dressing, according to instruction, but including a garlic clove, crushed, as part of the Vinaigrette.
1/4 cup cocktail capers, drained
1 red onion, small, thinly sliced
Arrange ingredients in sections over lettuce leaves, in a tray with plastic cover. Pour on the vinaigrette; garnish with capers and onions. Cover and refrigerate until serving time.
Servings: 12-15