Radicchio Salad with Mustard Croutons and Grainy Mustard Vinaigrette
Mar 12, 2020, Updated Dec 04, 2020
This Radicchio Salad has a nice sweet & bitter elements. Add Frisée lettuce, Watermelon Radish, Shaved Heirloom Carrots, Crispy Croutons with Grainy Mustard and Garlic and Karen’s Grainy Mustard Vinaigrette with Shallots and Garlic. A flavor sensation!
Ingredients
- 1 medium head radicchio
- 1 medium endive (green or purple)
- 1 1/2 cups frisée lettuce (or greens of your choice)
- 1 small watermelon radish
- 2 medium fresh carrots; one orange one yellow
- 1 recipe: Crispy Croutons with Mustard and Garlic (see recipe)
- 1 recipe: Karen's Grainy Mustard Vinaigrette (see recipe)
Instructions
- Make Croutons and Vinaigrette.
- Prepare Vegetables: Clean and dry then core the radicchio with a paring knife - this will release the leaves in whole. Separate endive leaves; cut off the end and separate. Wash and dry frisée lettuce. Peel watermelon radish and sliced every thinly with a good vegetable peeler or mandoline. Peel carrots - shave thinly with a vegetable peeler.
- To serve: In a large bowl or individual plates: Add all vegetable ingredients - tearing radicchio and frisée into large bite sized pieces.
- Drizzle with vinaigrette and top with croutons - can crush some croutons with your fingertips. Enjoy!
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This recipe may not be reproduced without the consent of its author, Karen Sheer
