Recipe · 15 September 2014

Celery with Tomatoes and Olive Oil

Name: Celery with Tomatoes and Olive Oil
Ingredients: 1 bunch of celery stalks; 4 garlic cloves; 2 tomatoes, grated; 3 tbsp chopped parsley; A pinch of sugar; Salt and black pepper; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Steamed celery cooked briefly with tomato and garlic in olive oil. A light dish, ready in twenty minutes.

Ingredients

1 bunch of celery stalks
4 garlic cloves
2 tomatoes, grated
3 tbsp chopped parsley
A pinch of sugar
Salt and black pepper
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Note: You can also add an anchovy fillet or a little pickled anchovy.

Method

Slice the celery stalks thinly. Steam them for about five minutes, until a fork goes in easily, then drain.
Warm the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and add the finely chopped garlic.
Add the celery, the tomatoes and the anchovy if you are using it, and cook for about 10 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, sugar and parsley, then take the pan off the heat.