Summer Salad -

Summer Salad

Ingredients

150 ml/ 5 fl oz olive oil
60 ml/ 2 fl oz white wine vinegar
Salt
2 heads of chicory
1 lettuce
2 cucumbers, sliced
3 carrots, grated
1 red onion, peeled, sliced and pushed out into rings
3 radishes, trimmed and sliced
60 g/ 12 oz black olives
60 g/ 2 oz green olives

Details

Serves: 4

Method

Mix the olive oil and vinegar and season with salt, to make a vinaigrette.
Wipe the chicory and cut into julienne strips. Wash and dry the lettuce keeping the leaves whole.

Place the lettuce leaves in a bowl.

Arrange a ring of cucumber slices on top, then put the chicory and and the grated carrot in the centre. To finish, arrange the onion rings, remaining cucumber slices, radish slices and black olives around the edge of the bowl. Scatter green olives over the carrot and dress with the vinaigrette.

Related food category:

• Green Salad