- Electric Knife: Ideal for precise cutting and slicing, perfect for creating clean lettuce hearts or any vegetable components in your recipes.
- Food Processor: Versatile tool that can shred or grind ingredients such as hazelnuts to a fine consistency, useful for making pesto or nut-based dressings and garnishes.
- Mandoline Slicer: Helps achieve uniform slices of vegetables quickly and efficiently, which is essential for consistent presentation in dishes like lettuce hearts salad.
- Cutting Board with Non-slip Base: Provides stability while cutting or chopping ingredients, ensuring safety during meal preparation.
- Chef's Knife: A sharp knife that is crucial for various kitchen tasks, including the initial chopping of vegetables before they are shaped into hearts.
- Vegetable Peeler: Useful for peeling fruits and vegetables, which might be necessary if any part of your recipe calls for a more polished look or texture on ingredients.
- Salad Spinner: Great for quickly drying washed salad greens without wilting them, maintaining the freshness required in salads like lettuce hearts dish.
- Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls: Ideal for mixing dressings or combining ingredients; their durability and non-reactivity make them suitable for all kinds of food preparations.
- Wooden Spoon or Spatula Set: Essential tools for stirring, folding, or serving the salad to ensure it is well mixed without damaging delicate greens.
- Cutting Glass Measuring Cup: While not directly used in cutting, these can be useful for portioning ingredients like oils or nuts with precision, which may be a part of dressings or garnishes.
- Silicone Baking Mat: For baking-related recipes that might come after preparing the salad (e.g., if you're including a crispy topping), this mat can help in evenly distributing heat without sticking ingredients.
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons (or more) fresh lemon juice
Kosher salt
4 heads of Little Gem or 2 heads of Bibb lettuce, leaves separated and hearts halved through root (about 8 cups)
1 cup mixed flat-leaf parsley, sorrel, and nasturtium leaves
5 blanched hazelnuts
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