Skip to main content

Classic Salad

3.5

(5)

Image may contain Plant Food Human Person Vegetable and Sandwich Wrap
Classic SaladHirsheimer & Hamilton

We use fresh lemon juice for this vinaigrette as often as we do vinegar.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

1 small garlic clove, chopped
1 anchovy fillet packed in oil, drained, chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/4 cup (or more) extra-virgin olive oil
1 9-ounce head of freshest-possible lettuce, leaves separated, torn if large (about 6 cups)
1/2 cup minced chives

Preparation

  1. Using a wooden spoon, mash garlic, anchovy, and a pinch each of salt and pepper in a large bowl. Stir in vinegar, then 1/4 cup oil. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and more oil, if desired. Add lettuce leaves and chives just before serving and toss to coat.

Read More
Like no-brainer corn salad and Spanish frittata.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Filberts, goobers, scaly bark nuts: Explore the world beyond almonds in this guide.
Thinly sliced and cooked hot and fast, pork tenderloin is the juicy, cook-quicking weeknight champion of this vegetable-heavy stir-fry.
The best homemade hummus starts with an unexpected ingredient: ice cubes.
No grill needed for this just-charred-enough sweet and spicy chicken.
Loosely inspired by pasta Amatriciana, a few pounds of zucchini stand in for tomatoes.
Like swordfish steaks with tomatoes and Peruvian-style tofu.