Mixed Green Salad With Tarragon Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the first 9 ingredients; shake well. Serve over salad greens.

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• In a two-cup glass measure, whisk together the vinegar, mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper. Slowly add the olive oil and continue whisking until the vinaigrette is emulsified. Toss the greens with enough dressing to moisten and serve.

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• In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, garlic, vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. While whisking, slowly add the olive oil until the vinaigrette is emulsified.
• Place the salad greens in a medium bowl and add enough dressing to moisten. Sprinkle with a little extra salt and pepper, if desired, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat grill pan or grill to medium high heat. If using a charcoal grill, prepare coals.
• Combine ground sirloin with wine, thyme, shallot, steak seasoning or salt and pepper. Form meat into 4 large patties, 1 to 1 1/2-inch thick. Drizzle patties with extra-virgin olive oil to keep them from sticking to grill or grill pan. Cook patties 5 minutes on each side for medium rare, 8 minutes on each side for medium well.
• Toast rolls under hot broiler or in toaster oven. Spread mousse pate on the bun bottom. Top with burger, cornichons and red leaf lettuce. Spread bun tops with grainy mustard and set into place.
• Place greens and scallions in a medium bowl. Whisk tarragon, mustard and vinegar together and add oil in a slow stream. Pour dressing on greens and toss with tongs. Season salad with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Serve burgers with greens and Portobello Mushroom "Fries".
• Yield: 4 servings
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 10 to 16 minutes
• Ease of preparation: easy
• Portobello Mushroom "Fries":
• 4 large portobello mushroom caps
• Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling, plus 1/4 cup
• Steak seasoning blend, such as Montreal Steak Seasoning, or coarse salt and black pepper
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup shredded or grated Parmesan
• Preheat a grill pan over medium high to high heat.
• Scrape the gills off the underside of portobello mushroom caps with a spoon. Brush caps gently with a damp cloth to clean them. Drizzle caps with oil to keep them from sticking to the grill pan and season the caps with steak seasoning or salt and black pepper.
• Grill mushrooms 3 or 4 minutes on each side under a loose tin foil tent until just tender. Remove from heat and cool 5 minutes.
• Slice grilled caps into 1/2-inch strips. Turn strips in egg, then coat in mixture of parsley, bread crumbs and cheese. Cook "fries" over medium high heat in enough extra-virgin olive oil to coat a nonstick skillet in a thin layer, about 1/4 cup. "Fries" will brown in 2 or 3 minutes on each side.
• Yield: 4 servings
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 15 minutes
• Ease of Preparation: easy

Steps:

• Tear the lettuce leaves into bite-sized pieces and transfer them to a large salad bowl. Add the cucumber, tomatoes, and onion. Sprinkle with the oil, vinegar, and salt and pepper, and toss to combine.

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• In a large bowl whisk together the mustard, the shallot, the vinegar, the tarragon, and salt and pepper to taste, add the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified. Add the greens and toss the salad well.

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• Combine the first 10 ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Set aside while you make the vinaigrette using the remaining ingredients.
• Place the wine in a saucepan with the tarragon stems and reduce over medium-high heat to 1-cup liquid. Immediately pour the hot, reduced wine over the chopped shallots and lemon zest in a medium-sized bowl. Let sit together and cool to room temperature (or place in refrigerator to speed up process). Remove the tarragon stems and discard. Whisk in the lemon juice and rice vinegar. Continue whisking, drizzling in the olive oil, tasting as you go. Season with salt and pepper as needed, and add a bit more lemon juice or rice vinegar if more acidity is desired.
• Combine the vinaigrette with the beans and vegetables and tarragon and taste again for seasonin

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil and pepper flakes; shake well. In a salad bowl, combine the greens, tomatoes and cucumber. Drizzle with dressing and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese; toss to coat.