Showing posts with label Salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salad. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Simple Dressing

Combine two parts white wine vinegar to one part olive oil, whisk well, then season with salt and pepper.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Caesar Salad


Ingredients

Baby cos lettuce.
Stale bread, cubed into 1cm pieces.
Bacon, chopped into batons.
Olive oil and vegetable oil for frying.

(For the dressing)
Two anchovy fillets.
1 garlic clove.
1 tsp Dijon mustard.
1 egg yolk.
1 tblsp Worcestershire sauce.
50ml olive oil.
100ml grape-seed oil.
White wine vinegar.

Method

Fill a small saucepan 1 inch deep with ½ olive oil and ½ vegetable oil.
Heat oil to 190°C.
Shallow fry bread cubes in batches, till golden and crispy.
Set aside on absorbent paper.
Shallow fry bacon batons until crispy.
Set aside on absorbent paper.
Grind anchovies and garlic, and place in deep bowl with mustard, and egg yolk.
Whisk well.
Gradually add grape-seed and olive oil, continuing to whisk, to emulsify.
Add Worcestershire, continuing to whisk.
Season with salt, white pepper and white wine vinegar.
If dressing is too thick, add a touch of water.Toss dressing through cos leaves, bacon and croutons

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Garden Salad


Ingredients

Cherry tomatoes, halved.
Cucumber, sliced.
Mixed baby leaves.
French dressing.

Method

Toss in a bowl with a dash of dressing.
Serve in fresh plate.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Fench Dressing


Ingredients
40ml olive oil.
20ml tarragon.
Teaspoon garlic.
½ clove garlic.
Pinch tarragon, finely chopped.
Pinch parsley, finely chopped.
Method
Add all ingredients to a jar and shake briefly.
Remove garlic clove and season.
Shake well.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Rocket and Pamesan Salad



Baby rocket.
Parmesan cheese, shaved.
Balsamic dressing.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Pork and Jellyfish Salad


Ingredients

1 handful of Chinese BBQ pork (Char Sui).
1 handful of Chinese Jellyfish.
1 handful fresh thin Chinese noodles, such as .
1 tbsp sesame oil.
3 shallots.*
1/2 cucumber, peeled and seeded.
1 carrot, peeled.
2 stalks celery.
1 tbsp soy sauce.
1 tbsp rice vinegar.
1 tsp white sugar.

Method

Boil the noodles for 5 minutes and rinse thoroughly in cold water.
Mix noodles with sesame oil.
Cut pig, jellyfish, carrot, shallots, cucumber, carrot and celery into thin batons.
Mix soy, vinegar and sugar together well.
Toss everything.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Tomato Salad


Ingredients

Tomatoes.
Basil.
Balsamic dressing.

Method

Slice tomatoes, and toss with balsamic dressing and torn basil.

Balsamic Dressing


Ingredients

1/3 Balsamic vinegar.
2/3 olive oil.

Method

Whisk together and season with salt and pepper.