A perfect salad not only consists of a few fresh ingredients, but also the dressing, the spices and the composition of the vegetables or fruit.
Ingredients for four people:
For the salad:
- 2 romaine lettuce hearts
- 8 slices of toast
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil (for frying)
- salt pepper
For the parmesan crackers:
- 50g Parmesan cheese
- For the mayonnaise
- 1 egg yolk
- 1⁄2 tbsp medium hot mustard
- 150 ml sunflower oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- juice of 1 lemon
- Salt pepper
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Divide the romaine lettuce into individual leaves, wash and spin dry in a salad spinner. Tear into bite-sized pieces and set aside.
- Remove the crust from the toast and cut in half. Place the slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and roast in the oven for 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, rinse the chicken breasts, pat dry and cut into large cubes. Heat a pan with sunflower oil and fry the chicken cubes on all sides for about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and place on a plate.
- Finely grate the parmesan. Cover a baking tray with baking paper, place a cutter ring (Ø 4 cm) on it and sprinkle with Parmesan. Slightly press on the Parmesan. Do this until all the Parmesan is used up. Place in the oven for 10 minutes and bake until crispy. Remove, turn off the oven and place the chicken cubes in the oven to keep warm.
- Put the egg yolk and the mustard in a bowl and mix – preferably with a mixer. Slowly pour in the sunflower oil in a thin stream. If the mayonnaise has bound, the oil can be added a little faster.
- Peel the garlic clove and chop very finely. Stir into the mayonnaise with the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
serving
Place a few lettuce leaves on each crispy toast. Take the chicken cubes out of the oven and fix them on the toast with a wooden skewer. Now cut the anchovies into small pieces and spread them on the toast, put a parmesan cracker on each and drizzle with the mayonnaise.
These drinks and cocktails are excellent with salads.
