Recipes

Butter Lettuce Salad with Pine Nuts and Herbs

Prep time: 10 minutes

Total time: 10 minutes

Serves 4

Once you have this salad down, the possibilities are endless. Use it as is or as the base to make a variety of salads.

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Butter Lettuce Salad with Pine Nuts and Herbs

$To a small skillet over medium heat, add ¼ cup pine nuts.$

Cook, stirring, until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes.

This is what the pine nuts look like when they’re done. Transfer to a small bowl (you don’t want them to burn by leaving them in the hot skillet.)

$In a small bowl, combine 1 ½ tsp Dijon mustard, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, ¼ tsp kosher salt and ¼ tsp black pepper (12 turns on pepper mill).$

Whisk together the mustard, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper until emulsified.

Separate the leaves from 1 head of butter lettuce; discard the core. Wash and dry the lettuce (we prefer to use a salad spinner for this.)

Tear the large leaves into bite-size pieces (about 8 cups) and place into a large bowl.

$Pull the fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves from the stem until you have ¼ cup. Add to the large bowl.$

Use scissors to cut fresh tarragon into small pieces. You need 2 tablespoons. Add to the large bowl.

Sprinkle the pine nuts over the lettuce, parsley and tarragon.

Whisk the vinaigrette again and drizzle over the salad.

Toss until all of the lettuce leaves are coated with the vinaigrette.

ingredients

1/4 cup: pine nuts

1 ½ teaspoons: Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon: red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons: extra virgin olive oil

¼ teaspoon: kosher salt

¼ teaspoon: freshly ground black pepper

1 head: butter lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces (about 8 cups)

¼ cup: fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

2 tablespoons: fresh tarragon, snipped with scissors

directions

Place the pine nuts in a small skillet over medium heat and cook, stirring, until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl to cool.

In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper (12 turns on pepper mill).

Wash and dry the lettuce.

In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, parsley, tarragon, pine nuts, and vinaigrette.

helpful hints

If you don’t have a salad spinner to dry your lettuce, place the washed lettuce pieces on a large, clean dish towel and gently roll up
Using scissors is a quick and easy way to cut tarragon leaves. You can also chop the leaves with a chef’s knife

tools needed

Small skillet, 2 small bowls, large bowl, whisk, measuring spoons, measuring cups, salad servers, scissors

make it a meal

Here's a recipe pairing we love with our Butter Lettuce Salad with Pine Nuts and Herbs:

Chicken, Rice and Peas

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