SMOKED SALMON SALAD

SMOKED SALMON SALAD

 Salad is  known as a perfect side dish. A simple green salad can turn a  main meal, adding grilled steak or chicken, sea food, fish, egg, nuts,  and cheese. 
There are many various of salad dressing. Main ingredients of dressing are extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar , salt and pepper. And than can be added fresh herbs, mustard, mayonnaise  nuts, cheese, garlic, onion, etc... Most dressing can be made a day ahead. But salad dressing  should be added just before serving to keep salad crispy.
Tip for to have delicious green salad is to dry leaves. If the leaves are wet the dressing lose flavor.
Before now tea towels had been used for to dry leaves. Now  there are many useful salad spinner for this job.
Another process to have a tasty salad is , after addition of  dressing  toss very well.


INGREDIENTS
       
250g / mesclun ( mixed small salad leaves),    
125g/  5oz smoked salmon
2tbsp carpers
1/2 cup kamata olives
1 medium red onion, sliced


FOR DRESSING
4 tbsp . extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. white  vinegar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp. fresh basil
2 tbsp. dill
2 tbsp. parsley


Gently rinse salad leaves, drain and dry in a salad spinner. Place salad leaves in a large serving bowl.
Process olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, pepper, garlic, basil, dill, parsley in food processor. Pour
over salad leaves and toss gently.
Place smoked salmon on  top of salad, decorate with onion, kalamata olives and carper. Serve with fresh bread and white vine.