Salad Composee
Ingredients
- 1 -2 tablespoon excellent wine vinegar, or 1 -2 tablespoon a combination of vinegar and lemon juice
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 14-12 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 6 -8 tablespoons best-quality olive oil, or 6 -8 tablespoons salad oil
- pepper, ground, fresh
- 1 tablespoon shallots, minced, and or dried herbs such as tarragon or basil or 1 tablespoon scallions
- 440 g kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- raw zucchini, sliced,
- raw mushrooms, sliced,
- mixed salad green
- hard-boiled egg
- tomatoes
- olive
- anchovy
- chunks tuna, or other fish
- parsley, chopped
Directions
Vinaigrette:.place all ingredients in a covered jar, shake vigorously to blend, and correct seasoning.
Marinate kidney beans, zucchini, and mushrooms in vinaigrette for 20 to 30 minutes.
At serving time, toss mixed salad greens in a bowl with vinaigrette and arrange around the edges of a large serving dish.
Mound the beans in the center, and decorate base with groups of marinated mushrooms and zucchini interspersed with hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, olives, anchovies, chunks of tuna or other fish.
Pour a bit more vinaigrette over all, sprinkle with chopped parsley or other herbs.