Red salad with a punchy dressing
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- plus soaking
- Easy
- Serves 4 as a side
Ingredients
- ½ red onion, finely sliced
- 1 lemon
- 2 small heads of red leaf lettuce or radicchio
- 1 orange
- 1 olive oil, to taste
- 1 dijon mustard, to taste
- 1 bunch of chives
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.