Italian Kitchen Tools- Taglia Puntarelle

Step 1

Crush the 2 anchovies and 1 garlic clove into a paste.

Step 2

Add the juice of 1 lemon and whip in about 1/2 olive oil and salt to taste.

Step 3

To prepare the puntarelle, i use the tool shown on the page, but you can also simply cut the little "fingers" into tiny strips.

Step 4

The trick is to soak them in cold water, they will lightly curl and crisp.

Step 5

It reminds me of a Caesar Salad dressing, which was invented in Tijuana by two Italians. Maybe they were Roman?

Step 6

I simply make a nice lemon juice and olive oil vinaigrette with some salt, then add anchovy pieces into the salad. My husband doesn't like raw garlic a lot.