I wish my family liked salad… I love the variety and the contrasting and complimentary flavours of different fruits and vegetables, but making a small one person salad is sometimes a challenge.
I came across this wonderful recipe, which I have shared before, but I came across my notes on it – Red Riding Hood Salad, so-called because it’s topped by a scatter of pomegranate seeds. There are as many recipes for it as there are people who enjoy it – but the essence is that there are seven layers of ingredients.
Here’s one set of items:
- cooked cubed chicken
- cooked cubed potato and grated carrots mixed with mayonnaise
- grated cheese
- nuts
- chopped hard-boiled eggs.
- extra mayonnaise
- pomegranate
arrange in a bowl in the following layers, from the bottom:
- potato and carrot mixture
- chicken and a little mayonnaise
- walnuts
- cheese
- potatoes and carrot mix
- eggs
- pomegranate seeds
Another recipe suggests slices of smoked chicken, the potatoes and carrots to be separate, and with the addition of chopped onions, so the pomegranate doesn’t count as a layer, just a decoration! Arranged from the bottom:
- onions
- cooked cubed potatoes
- slices of smoked chicken breast
- lightly crushed walnuts
- carrots cut into cubes;
- eggs rubbed on a coarse grater or lightly mashed
- grated cheese
If I were doing such a salad, I wonder what ingredients I would choose – I think I might miss the potatoes, and have something acidic, maybe pineapple?
Lois Elsden 