Famous Salad Recipes

     

      Salads are often constructed in a haphazard manner with lettuce, tomatoes, and whatever else can be found in the refrigerator. Cucumber, eggs, tuna, corn kernels, pineapple, capers, olives, and cheese are all typical salad ingredients.

     There are also world famous salads, which have stood the test of time. Waldorf salad is a combination of celery, apples, walnuts and mayonnaise. This salad is very simple but very delicious.

     Caesar salad is one of the most famous recipes salad. This salad is made with parmesan cheese, romaine lettuce, egg, capers, croutons and more. Served with a creamy Caesar dressing. Some chicken Caesar salad, bacon or anchovies, but none of them were part of the original recipe.

Make famous house salad :

     If you want to recreate a famous salad recipe, A basic Waldorf salad is a good one to start with. Simply chop celery and apple, stir in some walnuts, and add some mayonnaise and season to taste. You can serve Waldorf salad as a side dish or even as a baked potato filling.

     You can also create your own salads. Combine drained, canned shrimps, crabmeat, tuna with mayonnaise and tomato puree. Add a touch of whiskey each and Worcestershire sauce to make a marie rose dressing.

     Boil some potatoes cut until al dente, then mix with the onion, egg, mayonnaise, curry powder and anything else you fancy a tasty dish and plentiful.

     Make a salad is great fun and you can mix the mayonnaise and flavorings you like with macaroni or rice to make easy salad recipes. Chicken salad recipes are also very popular and if you have leftover cooked chicken, there are all kinds of salads that you can do with it tomorrow.

Salade Niçoise recipe:

     The following recipe for Salad Nicoise serves six people as a main dish or ten as an appetizer. The combination of tuna, beans, tomatoes, potatoes and more is heavenly. No wonder this salad has stood the test of time. You can use shallots instead of green onions if you want, and halved cherry tomatoes instead of regular tomatoes.
Ingredients :

• 1 head Boston lettuce
• 2 tablespoon minced green onions
• 1 lb green beans, cooked until al dente
• 4 ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
• 1/4 cup vinegar mixed with 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons chopped, fresh parsley
• 3 tablespoon capers
• 1/4 cup small black pitted olives
• 1 can anchovies
• 4 small potatoes, boiled, peeled and sliced
• 6 oz canned, oil packed tuna
• 6 cold hard boiled eggs, halved lengthwise
• Salt, to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

How To :

Wash the lettuce, then separate the leaves and let them dry. Arrange them on a big serving platter.

Toss together some of the oil and vinegar mixture with the beans, green onions and some salt and pepper. Arrange the potato slices in the center of the serving platter. Arrange green beans at both ends of the serving platter.

     Baste the tomatoes with some of the oil and vinegar and arrange them, and the tuna, on the serving platter. Surround the salad with the egg halves, yolk facing up. Put an anchovy on top of each egg half, then spoon the remaining oil and vinegar over everything. Decorate the platter with the parsley, olives, and capers and serve immediately.

     Recipes for salads can be basic or complex. You can make chicken salad recipes for appetizers , lunch or dinner and there are plenty to choose from. One of the things you will learn is not how to make beer can chicken like a pro.