French Green Salad With Basil Shiitake

Recipe Ingredients

1		Butter lettuce - large
3 cups	120g / 4.2oz	Spinach leaves
4 1/2 tablespoons	67ml	Olive oil - extra-virgin
1/2 tablespoon	7.5ml	Lemon juice
1		Garlic clove - small, pressed
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Mustard - Dijon-style
		Seasoned salt - (opt)
2 cups	474ml	Shiitake mushrooms - sliced
1/4 cup	10g / 0.4oz	Basil leaves - fresh
1		Sea salt - (opt)

Recipe Instructions

1. Wash and thoroughly dry the lettuce and spinach. In large salad bowl, use a wire whisk to whip 4 tbs olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard and seasoned salt to taste until thick and yellow. Set aside.

2. Place remaining 1/2 tbs oil and shiitake in a skillet. Saute, stirring to prevent scorching, then add any reserved shiitake soaking water as 20 to 30 minutes.

3. Tear lettuce and spinach into bite-size pieces, into dressing salad bowl, removing heavy center stalks from lettuce.

4. Toss well.

5. Serve on individual plates with a large spoonful of basil shiitake as a topping.

Source:
The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery

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