Salade de Laitues (Lettuce Salad) (France)

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Salade de Laitues (Lettuce Salad) (France)

Source: Encyclopedia of European Cooking

 

 

1 lettuce

1 teaspoon chopped chives

1/2 clove garlic

pinch sugar

1 dessertspoon (2 1/2 tsp) wine

vinegar

pinch salt

black pepper

1/2 teaspoon chopped tarragon

1 saltspoon (1/4 tsp) mustard

3 dessertspoons (7 1/2 tsp) olive oil

 

 

Wash a fresh young lettuce, dicard the outer leaves. Dry it thoroughly

with a clean dish cloth and hang it in a salad basket to dry further.

Rub one half clove of garlic with a pinch of salt in the salad bowl.

Mix the oil, tarragon, chives, mustard, black pepper and sugar. Put

the dry crisp lettuce in the bowl. cover with the dressing, toss well

with wooden salad spoon and fork. Toss again just before you serve it.