Blanched Vegetable Salad with Frankfurt Green Sauce

Name: Blanched Vegetable Salad with Frankfurt Green Sauce
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: about 2 tablespoons tarragon or dill vinegar; 150 ml (¼ pint) sunflower or olive oil, plain or herb-flavoured; made mustard; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; salt; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 120 g (4 oz) red and/or yellow cherry tomatoes; 120 g (4 oz) red and/or yellow cherry tomatoes; a bouquet garni of fresh herbs; a bouquet garni of fresh herbs; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, baby carrots, radishes, baby turnips, baby sweetcorn, French beans, baby courgettes, etc.; 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs, including some or all of the following: sorrel, salad burnet, borage, dill, parsley, chives, chervil, tarragon and lovage; 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs, including some or all of the following: sorrel, salad burnet, borage, dill, parsley, chives, chervil, tarragon and lovage; 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs, including some or all of the following: sorrel, salad burnet, borage, dill, parsley, chives, chervil, tarragon and lovage; 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs, including some or all of the following: sorrel, salad burnet, borage, dill, parsley, chives, chervil, tarragon and lovage; 150 ml (¼ pint) sunflower or olive oil, plain or herb-flavoured; 3 hard-boiled eggs, shelled and roughly chopped; 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs, including some or all of the following: sorrel, salad burnet, borage, dill, parsley, chives, chervil, tarragon and lovage; 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs, including some or all of the following: sorrel, salad burnet, borage, dill, parsley, chives, chervil, tarragon and lovage; 1 tablespoon lemon and garlic vinegar; 1 tablespoon lemon and garlic vinegar; 6 tablespoons herb-flavoured oil; sprigs of fresh herbs, to garnish (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Complete Book of Herbs

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1991

About

This delicious salad of dressed blanched vegetables looks most attractive when arranged in diagonal rows. The recipe for the famous Green Sauce from Frankfurt, which she describes as ‘nice and easy’, came from my dear friend Christel Scholpp.

Ingredients

900 g-1.4 kg (2-3 lb) mixed raw vegetables, such as mangetout peas, cauliflower florets

Europe
Germany
Frankfurt
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Wash and trim the vegetables where necessary. Blanch each vegetable separately until almost cooked either by steaming or in a pan of boiling salted water containing a bouquet garni. Drain the vegetables and place in a large bowl. Add herb oil and vinegar and toss gently until lightly coated with the dressing.

Peel the tomatoes by dipping them briefly in boiling water and then in cold wa