Red Goddess Salad

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Barbuto Cookbook: California-Italian Cooking from the Beloved West Village Restaurant

By Jonathan Waxman

Published 2020

  • About

This is really an innovative and, at the same time, traditional dish. What does it have to do with Italy? Not much; it does have a lot to do with me. So, I guess therein lies the dichotomy: Barbuto can be playful and adventuresome, classical and forward-looking at the same time.

I love nothing better than a ripe, perfect avocado. And there was a time when the red bell peppers of California were my go-to ingredient. It makes sense to invite these two into a salad. I think the Goddess