Zucchini Salad
4 servings
35 minutes
Zucchini salad is an exquisite dish of French cuisine that harmoniously combines fresh vegetables and spicy notes of spices. Its base includes crispy chicory, tender romaine lettuce, and thin slices of zucchini that create lightness and freshness. Blanched broccoli florets add softness and richness to the salad, while chopped chervil provides a light spiciness. Onion and tender pork ham deepen the flavor, while the classic French dressing made from white wine vinegar, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and a pinch of sugar highlights all the nuances of the ingredients. This salad is perfect as an exquisite appetizer or a light dish for a warm summer day when you want to enjoy the freshness and refined flavors of classic French gastronomy.
1
Divide the broccoli into florets and blanch in salted water for 5 minutes. Drain the water and rinse the cabbage with cold water.
- Broccoli: 400 g
- Salt: to taste
2
Chop the chervil, setting aside a few sprigs. Dice the onion and ham. Mix all the components well, except for the chervil.
- Chervil: 1 bunch
- Onion: 2 heads
- Pork ham (leg): 250 g
3
Prepare a dressing from vinegar, vegetable oil, pepper, salt, sugar, chopped chervil, and water. Drizzle it over the salad and garnish with chervil sprigs.
- White wine vinegar: 4 tablespoons
- Ground black pepper: to taste
- Salt: to taste
- Sugar: pinch
- Chervil: 1 bunch
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
4
Cut the chicory leaves in half crosswise. Chop the salad into small pieces and slice the zucchini thinly.
- Chicory root: 3 pieces
- Courgette: 1 piece
- Romano lettuce: 200 g
