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Lettuce heart and little leaf salad


Lettuce heart and little leaf salad

Ingredients

For the dressing:

1 medium organic egg yolk

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

100ml avocado oil, plus 2 tablespoons

a squeeze of lemon juice, plus 1 tablespoon

sea salt

For the salad:

2 green Little Gem hearts

1 red Little Gem heart

2 small heads of red endive

a few pinches of sprouts, eg alfalfa and radish

a small handful of peashoots

4 tablespoons micro leaves, eg basil and coriander

4 breakfast radishes, trimmed and finely sliced


If you can’t find micro leaves, tear some ordinary herbs into pieces


In short
Serves:
4 people
Course:
Salad

Method

1 Make the dressing close to the time of serving in order to avoid it separating; it should be the consistency of a thin mayonnaise. Whisk the egg yolk with the mustard in a bowl, then slowly whisk in 100ml avocado oil a few drops at a time to begin with until the dressing emulsifies. Add a squeeze of lemon juice. 

2 Trim the base of the lettuce hearts and endive, discarding any damaged outer leaves. Cut the red endive and red Little Gem heart into quarters or thin segments and slice the green Little Gem hearts across. Gently toss these in a bowl with a tablespoon of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of avocado oil and a little salt, and arrange on a large serving plate. Place a few pinches of sprouts here and there. Drizzle over about two-thirds of the dressing, reserving the rest for another use. Scatter over the pea shoots, micro herbs and radishes.


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