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Quick Wedge Salad
Another one of those: “Bring a little USA to the Netherlands,” recipes is a wedge salad.
If you’re Dutch, chances are you’ll be frowning now, wondering just what the heck a wedge salad is. You see, here in Holland we never, ever eat our lettuce in wedge form. It’s just not something you’ll see happening here. Not in our homes, not in our restaurants, nowhere really.
Bringing plates filled with topped lettuce wedges to the table will get you blank stares. Don’t be surprised if one of your friends will ask you, probably in a not-so-subtle way, if you were strapped for time or just too darn lazy to make them a real salad.
I love them, those wedges. There’s something decidedly fun about cutting a big wedge of iceberg lettuce, drenching it in dressing, topping it, and calling it a salad. And why not? Who decides what makes a salad a salad anyway? Food snobs? I’d say you do.
These are easy to make, fun to serve -especially during a BBQ or buffet-style dinner- and they look so cheerful. I choose one of my own favorite dressings for this, which is an equally American, mild tangy and lightly sweet Tomato French Dressing, with a slight twist.
Ingredients:
iceberg lettuce
hard-boiled eggs
bacon
avocado
anything you like
Tomato French Dressing:
4 tbsp oil (mellow flavor like peanut oil)
3 tbsp ketchup
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp worcestershiresauce
1/2 tsp mustard powder
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1/2 lemon
1/2 small shallot
1/2 to 1 garlic clove
Directions:
Grate the shallot and garlic into your food processor bowl. Add the white wine vinegar and oil. Choose a mellow oil, like salad oil or peanut oi. Olive might be too overpowering.
The mustard powder will add a kick without overdoing it.
You can leave out the worcestershiresauce if you like, but I like the slight smokey flavor it adds. Goes really well with grilled meats.
Add the ketchup, sugar and worcestershiresauce. Add some tabasco if you want spiciness as well.
Squeeze the lemon juice in there as well. It’ll add freshness as well and tanginess.
Pulse until you have a smooth dressing.
Cut the iceberg lettuce into thick wedges.
Top them with anything you like. I’m partial to finely minced hard-boiled egg, crunchy bacon and creamy avocado pieces.
Eat them for lunch, as a side dish or appetizer. They are easy and fun.
| Quick Wedge Salad | |
| Ingredients |
hard-boiled eggs bacon avocado anything you like Tomato French Dressing: 4 tbsp oil (mellow flavor like peanut oil) 3 tbsp ketchup 1 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp worcestershiresauce 1/2 tsp mustard powder 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 1/2 lemon 1/2 small shallot 1/2 to 1 garlic clove |
| Directions |
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| Meal type: | lunch, side dish, appetizer |
| Servings: | 4 to 6 |
| Copyright: | © kayotickitchen.com |
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I just love a good wedge salad! The typical American one is topped with Thousand Island Dressing, but I sure do like the sound of your Tomato French Dressing. Gotta try that soon!
I vary between one with ranch dressing, tomato, avocado and bacon and this one. Somehow this one goes so well with BBQ.
Lettuce is lettuce no matter the cut of it. I love a big old wedge of it with any kind of toppings, especially during these hot summer days.
I’ve always found wedge salads awkward to eat, but yours looks so good that it’s really drawing me in!
Mmm that dressing sounds delicious!
I’m curious where you bought that grater? I’m looking for a good one for zests, garlic, ginger etc… One that doesn’t heap up everything inside it.
I bought it at a cooking supply store downtown, de Kokkerie. It’s called Microplane. They’re a bit pricey, though.
Thanks! I saw similar ones on Jr MasterChef Australia and they look very handy.
Perhaps I can find them a bit closer to home (I live in Eindhoven) :)
Online even! http://www.pannen.nl/keukengerei/microplane-raspen/
Zo! Dat zal ze leren ! Slim, je watermerk midden op de foto. Zo valt er niks meer te croppen! Wat een gemene manier om goeie sier te maken was dat zeg. Hoe ben je erop gekomen ? Ik ben eigenlijk nog steeds baff dat iemand zo brutaal durft te zijn.
Groetjes, Urgje
Die had ik er toen ook al, maar ze proberen het watermerk met Photoshop uit te halen! Het ziet er niet uit hoe ze het doen.
Jummie!! Wij eten onze wedge meestal met schimmel kaas dressing. Yum!
I thought the typical American ice berg wedge salad was served with bacon crumbles, bleu cheese crumbles, and chopped tomato (and lots of fresh cracked pepper). Many steakhouses in the Midwest serve it that way. I love slicing into that cool, crisp lettuce. Oh, yum! Sounds perfect for a hot day like today.
Kay, have you ever made a 7-layer salad? I’d love to see your spin on it!
I think they also serve a standard version with ranch dressing, which is one I really like as well. Especially with finely minced tomato and bacon on top. The guys here don’t care for blue cheese, though.
No, never made a 7-layer salad. Never even heard of it, just googled it and it looks cute. Kinda looks like a trifle.
My family must have missed the memo about wedge salads being an american thing…I’ve never had one. Might have to start with this!
You didn’t?! Go make one, or you’ll have to take the American flag down :)
I think the 7-Layer Salad is a real all-American, too. It’s is amazingly more than the sum of its parts.
Am I being very Dutch when I say I had never even thought about doing it that way but I think it’s brilliant… It’s just like a little healthy snack that you can enjoy in just about no time at all. Looks great!
Wat ook lekker is is met eigen gemaakte ranch dressing, kleine stukjes tomaat, ei en bacon. Eet zo lekker makkelijk weg.
I’ve never heard it called wedge salad. I know it as Dutch Lettuce. (as in Pennsylvania Dutch, actually a mispronunciation of Deutch, German) And it’s served with a hot bacon dressing.
I featured this recipe in my <a href=”http://livingabonafidelife.blogspot.com/2012/01/recipe-box-22.html”>Living A Bona Fide Life: Recipe Box #22</a>. Can’t wait to try it!