Mediterranean-style Scamorza Cartocci

I can give you the recipe for Mediterranean-style scamorza cartocci, which are delicious parchment paper bundles that contain scamorza cheese and typical Mediterranean diet vegetables like tomatoes, olives, and capers. Here is how to prepare them:

Ingredients

• 4 smoked scamorza cheeses (about 200 g each)
• 16 cherry tomatoes
• 1 handful of pitted black olives
• 1 tablespoon of desalted capers
• 1 clove of garlic
• Dry oregano to taste
• Extra virgin olive oil to taste
• 4 sheets of parchment paper
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
2. Place the sheets of parchment paper on a flat surface. In the center of each, place a smoked scamorza.
3. Score the scamorza on top with a cross, being careful not to cut all the way through.
4. Distribute the halved tomatoes, olives, and capers around the scamorza, and insert some of them into the slits made by the scoring.
5. Add a pinch of oregano, salt, and pepper to each cartoccio.
6. Add a whole unpeeled or slightly crushed garlic clove next to the scamorza to further season.
7. Close the cartocci by bringing together the edges of the parchment paper and securing them with kitchen string or simply twisting them to seal the ingredients inside.
8. Cook in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes or until the scamorza has become soft and slightly melted.
9. Serve the cartocci hot, directly in their parchment paper wrapping to keep all the flavor and aroma.

Curiosity

Smoked scamorza is a typical cheese from Southern Italy. Its smooth surface and characteristic straw-yellow color are due to the natural smoking process it undergoes. In this recipe, Mediterranean flavors marry with the robust taste of smoked scamorza, creating a tasty and satisfying contrast.