Frilly Bitter Salad

Name: Frilly Bitter Salad
Ingredients: ½ clove garlic, crushed (optional); 1 tablespoon wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 3 tablespoons salad oil; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon French mustard; 1 bunch watercress; 1 curly endive; 1 Lamb’s lettuce; few leaves of young spinach; few sprigs of young kale; 1 head chicory

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

You will need any or all of the following slightly bitter salad leaves. The only one that is essential is the curly endive (which should constitute the main ingredient of the salad).

Ingredients

1 curly endive
1 bunch watercress
1 head chicory

Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Simply wash the leaves carefully and shake them as dry as you can. Put the dressing ingredients into a screw-top jar, shake until they are well emulsified, pour over the salad, and turn until all the leaves are coated.