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Zach’s Escarole Salad

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Zach's Escarole Salad

Zach's Escarole Salad

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Equipment

  • - Salad Spinner (Bunch): For efficiently washing leafy greens like escarole without waterlogging them to ensure quick drying for a crisp salad.

  • - Cutting Board and Chef's Knife Set: Essential tools for cleanly chopping vegetables into the desired size.

  • - Mandoline Slicer (optional): Handy for achieving uniform cuts of escarole when required by a recipe.

  • - Salad Servers: Various sizes available for elegant presentation and serving of salads.

  • - Food Processor (optional): Useful for making dressings or chopping ingredients beyond manual capabilities.

  • - Salad Bowl: A large bowl to mix all the ingredients of the salad together after preparation.

  • - Mixing Spoon Set (optional): Ensures clean utensils are used in each step, useful for making dressings or mixing salad components.

  • - Salad Bowl Dressing Shaker: Tool that helps distribute dressing evenly over salad ingredients without manual tossing.

  • - Vegetable Trimmer (optional): For creating uniformly thin vegetables quickly and easily according to a recipe's requirements.

Ingredients

  • 2 heads escarole, tough outer green leaves removed, remaining leaves torn into bite-sized pieces

  • 5 sunchokes, scrubbed and thinly sliced

  • 1/2 cup blanched whole almonds, toasted and ground or finely chopped

  • 1/2 cup coarsely grated Tuscan caciotta or cacio di Roma

  • 6 tablespoons Lemon Vinaigrette

  • Maldon or other flaky salt and coarsely ground black pepper

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Soak the escarole in a bowl of cool water for 10 minutes to crisp it. Drain and spin dry.
2

Instruction 2

Combine the sunchokes, almonds, and cheese in a large bowl, tossing to mix. Add the escarole, tossing gently. Drizzle with half the vinaigrette, tossing to coat. Season with salt and pepper.
3

Instruction 3

Transfer the salad to a serving bowl and serve with the remaining vinaigrette on the side.
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