[DANSK] Mormor salat
Grandma salad, translated. It's plain, it's simple - it's one of those dishes that really show-cases the ingredients, which is why they have to be at their best. Or rather, the one star ingredient has to be at it's peak. Nothing more, nothing less than a head of lettuce, like this one. Not romaine, no no, the leaves has to be softer than that - anyways, they're not hard to find in summer, at least not around here.
You basically wash the salad and rip it into bite-size pieces. Just before you want to eat it, dress with 2-3 tablespoons of heavy cream, the juice of half a lemon (maybe a little less), 1-2 teaspoons sugar, salt and pepper. Taste - the directions given here are as I remember doing it, but I usually do it by feel and tastebuds and without measuring. Toss. Serve. I can eat this with everything - or, you know, if it's just me and a head of lettuce, I'll devour it all in one sitting, with maybe some crusty bread on the side for mopping up the dressing. Hey, it's cream, it's good for you!;-)
You can variate the salad by adding quartered strawberries or orange wedges - M also likes tomatoes in it. Personally, I don't seem to tire of the sweet/sour/fat/crunchy complexity of it just as it is, but be my guest...
Comments
Linda - please do! It's one of my favorites!
Pille - uh that sounds good too! I'm a sucker for sour cream, whenever there's been a spoon in that little container it goes right in my mouth before it hits the sink!
Barbara - thank you for enlightening me! I knew it had to have a name, but I tried looking it up on the net, then figured: a picture speaks a thousand words, they'll get a picture! And the way you describe it sounds like it's exactly right!
Hi Gemma! I'm so glad you like it! You're the first to see it I think, I'd just republished my blog when your comment came in! Took a lot of work too, and still some to be done, but seeing my little blog is hitting the one year mark in a month or so, I thought it appropriate (and lord knows I wont have the time to fiddle around with it when school starts again!)
In a few days it will be on eatstuff!
( but I wont put the recipe, just a link back to you)
Clare - YAY, I'm so happy you liked it! Your twist sounds gorgeous, I'll have to try it once we get nice oranges here! Can't wait to see the post!
here is the link