Red salad with a punchy dressing

Method

• step 1

  Finely slice the red onion and soak it in cold water for 30 mins. Drain, squeeze and add to the juice of a lemon.

• step 2

  Break up two small heads of red leaf lettuce or radicchio into a bowl, tearing the leaves into manageable pieces.

• step 3

  Add the juice of an orange to the lemon and onion, followed by some olive oil, dijon mustard and plenty of seasoning. Taste as you add until you have a dressing you like.

• step 4

  Snip in half a bunch of chives, keeping the pieces as short as possible. Dress the leaves with the onion dressing.