Mixed Green Salad with Tapenade Bats
Enhance the gothic theme of your party and tell your guests that witches flew on their broomsticks to retrieve these wild salad greens and mushrooms from the forests. The tapenade bat cro? add to the Halloween theme.
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
| Nutritional Info | |
| Per serving: about | - |
| cal | 229 |
| pro | 6 g |
| total fat | 19 g |
| sat. fat | 4 g |
| carb | 10 g |
| fibre | 3 g |
| chol | 6 mg |
| sodium | 646 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 18% |
| iron | 18% |
| vit A | 41% |
| vit C | 38% |
| folate | 72% |
Suggested Recipes
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8 slices white bread
2 tbsp (25 mL) light mayonnaise
1/3 cup (75 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup (50 mL) minced shallots or onion
2 tbsp (25 mL) sherry vinegar
1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt and pepper
20 cups (5 L) torn mixed greens
1 cup (250 mL ) cremini mushrooms, very thinly sliced
1/2 cup (125 mL) shaved parmesan cheese
Tapenade:
1/2 cup (125 mL) pitted kalamata olives
1/4 cup ( 50 mL) chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp (25 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt and pepper
Preparation:
Tapenade: In food processor, pulse together olives, parsley, oil, garlic, salt and pepper until coarsely chopped. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate in airtight container for up to 2 days.)
Using 2-1/2 inch (6 cm) bat-shaped cookie cutter, cut 1 bat from each slice of bread. Toast in 350°F (180°C) oven or toaster oven, turning once, until golden, about 6 minutes. Let cool. (Make-ahead: Store in airtight container for up to 2 days.)
Spread each bat with tapenade. Spoon mayonnaise into piping bag fitted with small plain tip; pipe around edges of bats. Pipe on eyes.
In large bowl, whisk together oil, shallots, vinegar, salt and pepper. Add greens and mushrooms; toss to coat. Divide salad among 8 plates; top each with Parmesan cheese and 1 tapenade bat.
Additional Information
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Tips:
To add a rich, woodsy flavour to the vinaigrette, add 1 tsp (5 mL) truffle oil.A vegetable peeler makes quick work of shaving Parmesan cheese.
Use store-bought tapenade instead of making it from scratch.
Tags:
Salads and Salad Dressings; Vegetables; Cheese/Other Dairy; Halloween; Entertaining; Vegetarian;
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