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.