This salad is so simple that you won’t imagine how delicious it is until you’ve tried it. Also it’s very light and super refreshing.
I’m not very happy with today’s photos, especially the ones of the finished salad, but I was in a rush … and hungry!. Anyway, I’m starting a one month online photography course, let’s see if we can see some results.
The salad was a bit like a couple of salads in, of course, Jamie Oliver’s books, but with what I had at home, so some things change.
FENNEL, PARMESAN AND LEMON SALAD
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Prep time: 10 mins
Total time: 10 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1/4 fennel bulb, medium if it is small.
- 1 lemon
- 1 lettuce heart.
- 1 bunch of fresh mint. Rinse, separate the leaves and cut into strips.
- 1 can black olives, rinsed and drained (if you find good fresh olives from the pickles section, much better! For this salad I love the brown greek ones.
- 1 piece of good quality Parmesan cheese.
- Sea salt
- Extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- It’s faster to use a mandoline or a food processor to cut the vegetables for this salad, but we can also cut them by hand with a sharp knife, very carefully. Cut the fennel and 1/4 lemon with the skin, into very thin slices, really thin ones, so you can see trough.
- We cut the lettuce heart in thin slices too.
- In the serving bowl, we put the fenne, lemon, lettuce and olives.
- With mandolin, or the potato peeler, we cut the parmesan and place the shavings over the salad.
- In a mixing bowl, use the whisk to make a vinaigrette with 6 tablespoons olive oil, 3 tablespoons of lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Mix well and pour over salad just before serving, adding mint leaves at the end.
Calories: 182 Fat: 16g Saturated fat: 2g Trans fat: 0 Carbohydrates: 2g Sugar: 1g Sodium: 2mg Fiber: 1g Protein: 7g Cholesterol: 0
Notes
79% fat, 16% proteins and 5% fat
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I’m thinking of doing this for a large crowd – approximately 70 people. Any thoughts on skipping the black olives and replacing with some capers? Any additional thoughts?
I think that would work perfect! Please let me know how it went.