Crispy Iceberg Lettuce in a Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing


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How to Make - Crispy Iceberg Lettuce with Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing
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Time: 20 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Nutritional value per serving:

Calories 558, total fat 50 G., saturated fats 17 G., proteins 18 G., carbohydrates 12 G., fiber 4 G., cholesterol 66 mg, sodium 1026 mg, sugar 6 G.


A head of iceberg lettuce is cut into serving discs and served with a thick, savory blue cheese sauce. Ina Garten tops each serving with sliced ​​radish, celery, and green onions. The salad is incredibly juicy and crisp, and looks impressive, just like something you'd expect from a restaurant.



The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:


Refueling

  • 110 g crumbled blue cheese
  • 2/3 cup good mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
  • Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

Salad

  • 4 tender inner stalks celery, trimmed and cut into 0.5cm thick pieces.
  • 6 radishes, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 5 green onions, cut into 0.5 cm wide pieces.
  • 1 large head iceberg lettuce, wilted outer leaves removed
  • 110–170 g crumbled blue cheese
  • Fleur de sel and ground black pepper



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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:


  1. Refueling:

    Place 110g of blue cheese in a small bowl and microwave for 15 seconds until it begins to melt.
  2. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, combine the mayonnaise, yogurt, warm blue cheese, sherry vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and process until smooth.

  3. Salad:

    Combine celery, radishes, and green onions in a bowl. Slice a whole head of lettuce crosswise into four 2-cm-thick round discs and arrange each on a large platter.
  4. Drizzle the salad pieces with the dressing and top with a quarter of the vegetable mixture. Divide the remaining crumbled blue cheese among the plates; season with salt and pepper and serve.





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