- Liberace’s go-to-summer starter was a simple combination: prosciutto and cantaloupe.
- He suggested chic details such as filling ham into melon slices and adding pepper.
- Mature Kantaloupe is the key – look for a sweet aroma, a navel and a difficult feeling.
It is a bit fun to know the most popular recipe of your favorite promoters, from Valerie Bertinelli’s favorite meal with four ingredients to Jeff Goldblums Go-to-Sandwich. In fact, we recently came across an old Reddit contribution that proves the thrill of learning what the stars have been around for decades.
In the R/Oldrecipes SubredditA user uploaded letters who received in 1982 from the then president of the friends of Hurst Public Library in Hurst, Texas. As part of a fundraiser for the library, Ann Luddington turned to celebrities such as Stephen King and Elizabeth Taylor and asked about her favorite recipes and received some rather amazing answers.
Among them is a perfect starter of the famous pianist Valentino Liberace short liberace.
Liberace’s go-to-two attempt? Schinken and melon with a dash of ground pepper – a light and refreshing combination that is perfect for snacking on hot summer days.
“Cut off the melon in half, cut off the shell and cut the melon into crescent strips,” wrote Liberace in his letter with the recipe. “Alternative melon and ham slices on chilled plates. Sprinkle with a little pepper.”
Sounds just enough, but Liberace goes so far to add a few more suggestions so that the court feels more chic. “If you prefer it, cut each melon into six pieces,” he wrote. “Get the skin in and make diagonal slots in the meat. Put small rollups out of ham in the slots and sprinkle it with the pepper.”
The hardest part in the production of liberace starters may be in choosing the best Kantaloupe. Fortunately, it is not as difficult to select a great Kantaloupe from the aisle produced as you might think. Make sure for a fresh, delicious Kantaloupe that the end of the fruits smells sweet but not excessively sweet. If there is no smell at all, the melon is probably not ripe.
Also check the stem of the melon: a stem that looks like a belly button is perfect, but if a longer piece of stem is attached, the melon was probably removed from the vine too early. Ready-accessing melons should also feel more difficult than they look and only have minimal weaknesses. The Cantaloupe is high in vitamin C and vitamin A, which means that the fruits can help in things such as immense health, eye health and iron absorption. So if you find the perfect melon, you can feel good if you bring it home as a starter.
Liberace was always a showman and also shared a recipe for Yorkshire Pudding in his correspondence and sent a signed photo of himself. These recipes are a special pleasure for fans who cannot afford a copy of Liberace’s little -known cookbook Liberace cooks!– Second, copies of these recipes sell online for well over 100 US dollars.
No fan of Cantaloupe? You can also try combos such as prosciutto-covered pineapple bit or apricot, prosciutto and parmesan bites to get your guests excited this summer.
