Layered Salad
Published in Salads
There are many variations on this theme of a layered salad, which is not tossed with its dressing, but I’ve found that this one is the most popular.
Ingredients: Salad:
- A few lettuce leaves
- 5 – 7 courgettes, finely grated
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- ½ red pepper, diced
- ¼ green pepper, diced
- 3 – 4 spring onions, chopped
- 500 g frozen petits pois
- salt
Ingredients: Dressing:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 – 1½ cups yoghurt
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Ingredients: Garnish:
- 2 eggs, hard boiled, chopped
- 2 tbl finely chopped parsley
- paprika
Preparation:
- Tear the lettuce leaves into small pieces, and use to line the bottom of a straight-sided salad bowl.
- Place the grated courgettes over the lettuce. Sprinkle very lightly with salt.
- Combine the celery, peppers and spring onions together and layer over the courgettes. Sprinkle very lightly with salt.
- Thaw the petits pois by dropping into boiling water for a minute or two. Drain, refresh lightly with cold water and then drain again very thoroughly. Layer over the celery mixture.
- Combine the mayonnaise and yoghurt and check the seasoning. The dressing needs to be well seasoned, and fairly thick.
- Spoon the dressing over the peas, covering the surface completely – it will filter down slowly, in this way dressing all the ingredients.
- Scatter the chopped eggs over the top. Sprinkle with parsley, and lastly with the paprika.
- Cover closely and refrigerate. May be served cold or at room temperature. This salad may be eaten immediately, but is much better if made a day ahead.
Serves 10, comfortably.
Primary Ingredients: celery, courgettes, fresh parsley, green pepper, lettuce, mayonnaise, petit pois, red pepper, spring onions, yoghurt