French green salad with basil shiitake
5 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | Butter lettuce,large | |
3 | cups | Spinach leaves |
4½ | tablespoon | Oilve oil,extra-virgin |
½ | tablespoon | Lemon juice |
1 | Garlic clove,small,pressed | |
½ | teaspoon | Mustard,Dijon-style |
Seasoned salt(opt) | ||
2 | cups | Shiitake mushrooms,sliced |
¼ | cup | Basil leaves,fresh |
1 | dash | Sea salt(opt) |
Directions
1. Wash and thoroughly dry the lettuch and spinach. In large salad bowl, use a wire whisk to whip 4 T. olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard and seasoned salt to taste until thick and yellow. Set aside. 2. Place remaining ½ T. oil and shiitake in a skillet. Saute, stirring to prevent scorching, then add any reserved shiitake soaking water as 20 to 30 minutes. 3. Tear lettuce and spinach into bite-size pieces, into dressing salad bowl, removing heavy center stalks from lettuce. Toss well. Serve on individual plates with a large spoonful of basil shiitake as a topping.