English Mishmash Salad
Ingredients
- 2 heads romaine lettuce
- 2 breast cooked skinless chicken, (and/or cooked duck, veal, or pork)
- 4 boneless cooked chicken thighs
- 1 lemon
- 2-4 hard-boiled eggs
- 3-4 anchovies
- flat leaf parsley
- pearl onions cooked
- green beans blanched and frenched
- red and green grapes
- pickled red cabbage
- watercress
- spinach
- pickled gherkins
- edible flowers
- 1 tbs. prepared mustard
- 4 tbs. red wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup olive oil
Instructions
Shred the lettuce and lay on a platter. Cut the cold meat in julienne, slice the lemon thinly, dice or slice the eggs. Arrange the meat, lemon, and eggs on the lettuce. Add to the platter your choice of parsley, onions, green beans, grapes, watercress, pickled cabbage, gherkins, and edible flowers Mix vinaigrette and dress the salad with it, or serve the dressing on the side.