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Fennel, Frisée, and Escarole Salad

This refreshing salad serves as a palate cleanser before dessert. Oltranti updates a traditional Italian-style salad dressing with the modern flavors of California cuisine: Floral Meyer lemon amplifies the acidity of red-wine vinegar in a bright shallot vinaigrette.
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Fennel, Frisée, and Escarole Salad Marcus Nilsson
  • Active Time

    20 min

  • Total Time

    20 min

Ingredients

Makes 8 servings

3 tablespoons minced shallot
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (preferably Meyer lemon)
1 teaspoon red-wine vinegar, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 small head escarole (3/4 pound), torn into bite-size pieces
1 small head frisée (3/4 pound), torn into bite-size pieces
1 small fennel bulb, quartered and thinly sliced or shaved with an adjustable-blade slicer
1/4 cup fine-quality extra-virgin olive oil
1 (1/2-pound) piece Parmigiano-Reggiano
  1. Step 1

    Stir together shallot, lemon juice, vinegar, sea salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl. Let stand 5 minutes.

    Step 2

    Meanwhile, toss together greens and fennel in a salad bowl.

    Step 3

    Whisk oil into shallot mixture, then toss with salad. Top with shaved parmesan.

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  • Cut the portions by 1/3 but otherwise followed precisely. Very refreshing. The tart dressing, cheese, fennel and bitter greens balance well. It is a tart salad with a bite. If that's what you like, then you will like this salad.

    • boyle0

    • St. Paul

    • 6/7/2016

  • made it as written and it was great. on the sour side, but i like it. salad dressing also goes great with spinach and goat cheese salad.

    • kittykatLA

    • San Francisco, CA

    • 2/9/2010

  • did everything as written and was great! salad dressing is also great for others salads such as spinach, egg and goat cheese salad.

    • kittykatLA

    • San Francisco, CA

    • 2/9/2010

  • I love this salad! I have served it to many dinner guests, as well as for smaller dinners and it's always the talk of the meal. It is suprisingly filling too, so be careful about making this a side salad. I also like to add walnuts and cherry tomatoes to give it a little more flavor.

    • Adioseric

    • New Orleans, LA

    • 6/15/2009

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