31 January 2013

Butterhead lettuce with lemon cream

Ah. Like my mum does it:

1 butterhead lettuce (Kopfsalat), wash well and plug apart

1 shallot, lemon juice, salt, pepper, sugar, cream and some olive oil for the dressing. You want it lemoney, but not too sour. Try to have the finely chopped shallot sit in the juice for a bit if you can. This dressing will really unfold if you can afford to leave it alone for a bit.


30 January 2013

Simple Salad with Ginger, Orange, Cashew, Sesame Topping

roma salad, some orange filets

Topping: cashew nuts, sesame seeds
Dressing: lime juice, soy sauce, tiny bits of sweet ginger, some orange marmalade, oil, onion

29 January 2013

Winter Salad with Smoked Tofu

Telegram style today, but do try this if you like a good smokey single malt, the smokeyness may not be for salad beginners :) Though one of them was witnessed to enjoy this.

beetroot, cooked
apple - slices
smoked tofu, thinly sliced
some celeriac, tiny cubes
some, not many sliced mushrooms

olive oil
sweet mustard
orange marmalade
lime juice & some white balsamic vinegar
salt, pepper
finely chopped onion

28 January 2013

Fermented Mushroom Salad

A little out of control today ...

We created a marinade from soy sauce, some juice of the balsamico pickled pearl onions, olive oil and some finely chopped candied ginger pieces,
chopped the mushrooms into fine pieces, added them to the marinade and had them sit a little. Cut some mozzarella into small cubes, add to marinade, add some of the pearl onion also, and a little lime juice if handy.

This part is the true invention, we had it with some ordinary roma salad and added a bit of finely chopped carrot but you can do a lot of playing around with the base I imagine ...

24 January 2013

Mixed Tomato-Mozzarella-Rocket Salad

Wash the rocket and some small tomatoes.
Open the mozzarella and some small pickled onions.
Cut all ingredients and mix gently.

For the dressing use: olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, sweet mustard, salt and pepper.

And if you want to go crazy, add some nuts on top of everything.