WITLOF, GRAPE + FRENCH TARRAGON SALAD
SERVES 2 - 4 as a side dish
Such a fabulous salad.
4 favourite ingredients of mine create this simple and delicious salad, a bit of a show stopper in my view.
New Zealand Grapes are now in season and the only time I buy and eat grapes wether they be black of green. French tarragon, one of my favourite herbs is slowly coming to the end of the season so if you see it buy it and enjoy it, those liquorice, anise flavours, just divine. Of course witlof, one of the most striking, bitter salad greens and then the much loved and versatile flat leaf parsley, which I more often than not use as sprigs, rather than leaves in a salad.
Ingredients
1 large head of green Witlof
150g New Zealand green grapes, halved
1/4 loose cup of freshly picked tarragon leaves, about 8g
Small handful of flat leaf parsley sprigs
3 Tbsp olive oil
Method
For the witlof: Remove any slightly wilted outer leaves, then trim the base, this will release the leaves, continue to trim the base, until all the leaves have been separated.
To assemble: Get your largest mixing bowl and in this order add the witlof leaves, grapes, tarragon and parsley, add olive oil to coat. Mix gently with your hands, incorporating everything but at the same time allowing nothing to get overworked, you want a salad that has a lightness, texture and a crispness that doesn’t become bruised.
Transfer to a serving bowl and serve immediately.