Italian Summer Salad

An easy colourful insalata with wonderful textures and flavour’s.

Ingredients:
½  Iceberg or Cos lettuce, washed, dried & cut into wedges
1 firm small avocado, peeled, stone removed
2 Lebanese cucumbers
5 small radishes, tails trimmed & discarded
1 small red onion, cut in half
1 cup rocket leaves
1 cup small basil leaves

Dressing
125ml (½  cup) extra virgin olive oil
3 tbs red wine vinegar
1 tbs cold water
1 tsp sugar
freshly ground black pepper & salt
2 cloves garlic, crushed

Method:
Attach rotary vegetable slicer to stand mixer with slicing drum and position mixing bowl under slicing shoot.

Turn mixer to Speed 6; add lettuce, pushing down with pusher. Remove lettuce from mixing bowl and arrange over a serving platter.

Repeat slicing with avocado, followed by cucumbers, radishes and red onion. Layer each ingredient carefully onto platter. Top with rocket and basil.

For dressing: Attach wire whisk to stand mixer and add dressing ingredients. Turn mixer to Speed 4 and mix for 10 seconds. Pour dressing over salad to serve.


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