Lucy's Cold Meat Appetizer

I've seen on many occasion as I travel around Southern Europe something on the menu called “a selection of cold meats” and essentially it's cured meat that is served with a variety of pickles.

We were in Slovenia, I'd bought some beautifully marinated fillet steak and a couple of pork steaks with a herb rub so I was just starting to get the grill ready. All of a sudden my daughter Lucy started to prepare what turned out to be a great cold meat appetizer.

It could have done with a little more variety on the meat front (see the picture below) but it's the principle that I wanted to highlight. What essentially was a bit of an improvisation turned out to be a great starter.

If I were to do it again then I'd use the following to serve 4:

Ingredients:-

• 1 cured sausage
• 8 slices of Parma Ham
• 8 slices of salami
• 8 slices of lomo (Spanish cured pork)
• 16 pickled onions
• 16 pickled cornichons
• A few spoons of pimento stuffed olives
• 2 beef tomatoes (sliced)

Method

Slice the tomato thinly and layer it on the serving plate and sprinkle with a little salt. Arrange the pickles around the outside and build the slices of meat in the center. I'm sure that you got the effect from the picture so lay it out as you wish and watch everyone tuck in whilst the main meal is on the grill.

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