Ottolenghi’s Perfect Lettuce Salad Jump to Recipe Ottolenghi’s Perfect Lettuce Salad is a creation of famous London chef , and when I spotted this salad in one of his books, I knew I wanted to make this creative and interesting lettuce salad right away.And I’ve loved this unique salad since the first time I tried it, and I think it’s an impressive side dish salad to make for any special occasion! This perfect salad combines several kind of lettuce, , radishes, tomatoes, green onions, and capers, and all those flavors go perfectly with the lemony vinaigrette he uses in this extra-flavorful salad.I didn’t have the “semi-dried” tomatoes the recipe asks for (which might be something like ) so I used fresh cherry tomatoes cut in half, and I also increased the amount of capers and added a tiny dash of caper brine to the dressing.

Those minor changes only made the salad even more perfect for my tastebuds.Admittedly, some ingredients are a bit pricey, but even if you don’t want to splurge on things like butter lettuce or radicchio and decide to modify the recipe in other ways, please don’t skip the radishes or capers, which are two of the things that I love most about this salad.I hope you will try it! Who is Ottolenghi? Yotam Ottolenghi is a brilliantly creative London food personality who’s famous for his simple-but-profound flavor combinations.

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