Green Italian Salad

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Keep it fresh with this delicious green Italian salad, topped with your favourite antipasti for a perfect sharing platter.

Servings:

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Ingredients

½ head of lettuce
1 handful rocket or other herby leaves
50 cucumber
½ g bell pepper
25 g finely grated parmesan cheese
½ avocado
2 tbsp olives
6 cherry tomatoes
4 slices Italian ham
½ ball mozzarella - or half a bag of mini mozzarellas
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
basil leaves
2 tbsp Italian dressing

Instructions

Choose a large, shallow, attractive bowl with plenty of space. Put the leaves, chopped cucumber and pepper in, and scatter half the grated parmesan over the top.
½ head of lettuce, 1 handful rocket or other herby leaves, 50 cucumber, ½ g bell pepper, 25 g finely grated parmesan cheese
Toss the green salad so the cheese is lightly coating the ingredients. This adds a layer of delicious savoury umami flavour that will permeate the whole salad.
Arrange the rest of the ingredients on top of the green salad base. Sprinkle over the remains of the grated cheese.
½ avocado, 2 tbsp olives, 6 cherry tomatoes, 4 slices Italian ham, ½ ball mozzarella
Drizzle over a little balsamic vinegar (if using) and garnish with the fresh basil leaves. Drizzle the Italian dressing over right before serving.
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, basil leaves, 2 tbsp Italian dressing

Notes

Storage

This salad is best enjoyed as soon as it is assembled. You can, however, clean, chop, drain and grate most of the ingredients in advance, assembling the salad and preparing the tomato and avocado at the last minute.

Hints and tips

Prepare everything in advance then assemble the salad at the last minute.

Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature – give them 30 minutes out of the fridge.

Do not go mad and add everything or you will have a giant mishmash of ingredients all competing for attention. Once you have the base, add no more than 5 or 6 “deli” treats.

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.