Radicchio, Mushroom & Chive Salad with Blue Cheese Yoghurt Dressing

Name: Radicchio, Mushroom & Chive Salad with Blue Cheese Yoghurt Dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar; 2 heads of radicchio; 50 g (2 oz, ¼ cup) Stilton; Salt & freshly ground black pepper; 1 bunch of fresh chives; 300 g (11 oz, 5 cups) button mushrooms, sliced; Freshly grated nutmeg; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives; 5 (6) tablespoons crème fraîche; Juice of ½ lemon; 3 (4) tablespoons Greek yoghurt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Cheese

By Paul Gayler

Published 1997

About

Radicchio is a bitter salad leaf that to my mind needs a contrasting partner. The blue cheese yoghurt dressing fits the bill perfectly. You could add some chopped hard-boiled egg, potatoes and French beans to make a more substantial dish for a main course.

Ingredients

2 heads of radicchio
300 g (11 oz, 5

Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

First make the dressing. Put the Stilton in a bowl and mash well with a fork. Stir in the vinegar, then gently whisk in the crème fraîche and yoghurt. Squeeze in the lemon juice and season to taste with nutmeg, salt and pepper, then fold in the chives.

Separate the radicchio leaves, wash them and dry them well. Place in a bowl, add the sliced mushrooms and season lightly. Add the blue c