Emeril's Delmonico House Salad

Salad

Recipe by Emeril Lagasse, originally appearing in Emeril’s Delmonico, courtesy Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.

Serves 4

Ingredients: 

For the salad:

  • 2 cups trimmed broccoli flowerettes
  • ​1 cup 1/4-inch-thick round carrots
  • ​4 large iceberg lettuce leaves
  • ​1 cup finely chopped iceberg lettuce
  • ​1 small canned beet or roasted beet, cut into 4 thick slices
  • ​1 six-ounce tomato, sliced
  • 1 recipe Delmonico Salad Dressing (as follows)

 

For the dressing:

  • 2½ tablespoons Creole mustard or other mild whole-grain mustard
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil.
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 3/4 teaspoon A1 Steak Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice concentrate or fresh lemon juice
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Pinch of garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Delmonico House Salad

 

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Method: 
​For the salad:

Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Add the broccoli and blanch until tender, 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in an ice bath. Drain and pat dry.

Return the water to a boil, add the carrots, and blanch until tender, 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in an ice bath. Drain and pat dry.

Place 1 large lettuce leaf on each of 4 salad plates and arrange 1/4 cup of the chopped lettuce in the center of each lettuce leaf. Chop one-quarter of the broccoli and arrange equal amounts inside each lettuce leaf. Arrange the remaining broccoli flowerets and the carrots in each of the lettuce leaves. Cut each beet slice into 4 sticks and arrange inside the lettuce leaves, alternating with the tomato wedges. Drizzle each salad with 2 tablespoons of the dressing and serve immediately.

​For the dressing:

Combine all of the ingredients except the vinegar in a medium bowl and whisk well to blend. Whisking, slowly add the vinegar and whisk until emulsified.

Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate until ready to use. (The dressing will keep refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week.)

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