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Emeril's Stacked Salad

Courses: Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup 118mlExtra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons 30mlRice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon 5mlHoney
2 teaspoons 10mlDijon mustard
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/3 cup 48g / 1.7ozChopped assorted fresh mild herbs - (packe
  (such as basil, chives, dill, tarragon,
  And parsley)
4 cups 948mlBaby arugula lettuce - cleaned, and
  Patted dry
1 lb 454g / 16ozJumbo lump crabmeat - picked over
  For cartilage
1/2   Pencil asparagus - blanched until tende
  In salted water, and sliced in half
1   Beef Steak tomato - cut 1/4" slices, and (large)
  Seasoned both sides with salt and pepper
1 tablespoon 15mlFinely-chopped fresh parsley leaves

Recipe Instructions

Make the vinaigrette. Combine the olive oil, vinegar, honey and mustard together. Whisk well. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in the herbs.

In a large mixing bowl, toss the arugula with 1/4 of the dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.

In a small mixing bowl, toss the crabmeat with the 1/2 of the dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Toss the asparagus with the remaining dressing. Season with salt and pepper.

To serve, in the center of each serving plate, start stacking the salad with the asparagus, slice of tomato, crabmeat, and arugula. Continue building until all of the ingredients are used. Garnish with parsley.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
EMERIL LIVE with Emeril Lagasse - (Show # EM-1D31) - from the TV FOOD - NETWORK

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