Cooking Recipe A Croque Monsieur Salad

Recipe Ingredients

3 tb Olive oil

1 1/2 tb Red wine vinegar

Juice of 1/4 lemon

1/2 ts Dijon mustard

1/4 c Chopped fresh basil OR 1

-Tbsp crumbled dried

1 pn Sugar

Grinding of black pepper

The Salad:

1/2 ts Olive oil

1/2 ts Butter

3 Cloves garlic, minced

1 c Julienne strips cooked ham

1 1/2 tb Freshly grated Parmesan

-cheese

4 c Mixed greens (spinach, red

-leaf lettuce, arugula, etc)

Nasturtium flowers for

-garnish (optional)

Croutons

Directions

The Lemon-Basil Vinaigrette:

1. Prepare the vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together all the
ingredients until smooth. Set aside.

2. Prepare the salad: In a small skillet, heat the oil and butter
over low heat. Add the garlic and saute 10 seconds. Add the ham and
saute for another 10 seconds. Off the heat, add the grated cheese.

3. Place the mixed greens in a salad bowl or plate and top with the
ham mixture. Garnish with the nasturtium flowers and drizzle the
vinaigrette on top. Top with croutons. Serve this with a good crusty
load of French bread and a bottle of dry white French wine.

From: LEFTOVERS by Kathy Gunst, Harper Perennial, New York. 1991.
ISBN 0-06-096863-X Shared by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 9/93

Categories matching this recipe

Pork ,French ,Salads