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Arugula-Fennel Salad
CONTRIBUTED BY EUGENIA BONE
TOTAL TIME: 15 MIN
SERVINGS: 4
Eugenia Bone, prolific home cook, writer and author of Well-Preserved, serves this simple green salad with a cheese plate and plenty of rustic bread. She always includes Taleggio and aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, as well as fresh imported sheep's-milk ricotta whenever she can find it at the market.
1 tablespoon very finely chopped shallot
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons canola oil
6 ounces baby arugula leaves, washed and spun dry
1/2 fennel bulb, cored and very thinly sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a large salad bowl, whisk together the chopped shallot, lemon juice and mustard. Gradually add the oil, whisking constantly, until the vinaigrette is emulsified and creamy-looking. Add the baby arugula and sliced fennel to the salad bowl, season the salad with salt and black pepper and toss well. Serve.
FROM HOLIDAY COOKING: DECEMBER RECIPES
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2009
Arugula-Fennel Salad
CONTRIBUTED BY EUGENIA BONE
TOTAL TIME: 15 MIN
SERVINGS: 4
Eugenia Bone, prolific home cook, writer and author of Well-Preserved, serves this simple green salad with a cheese plate and plenty of rustic bread. She always includes Taleggio and aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, as well as fresh imported sheep's-milk ricotta whenever she can find it at the market.
1 tablespoon very finely chopped shallot
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons canola oil
6 ounces baby arugula leaves, washed and spun dry
1/2 fennel bulb, cored and very thinly sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a large salad bowl, whisk together the chopped shallot, lemon juice and mustard. Gradually add the oil, whisking constantly, until the vinaigrette is emulsified and creamy-looking. Add the baby arugula and sliced fennel to the salad bowl, season the salad with salt and black pepper and toss well. Serve.
FROM HOLIDAY COOKING: DECEMBER RECIPES
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2009