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Holiday Chopped Salad

Description
A recipe for Holiday Chopped Salad

Ingredients

  • Dressing
  • 1 medium shallot, minced
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
  • Salad
  • 2 heads romaine lettuce, washed and dried, outer leaves removed, cut into 1/2-inch ribbons
  • 1/2 cup California golden raisins, plumped in warm water one minute, drained
  • 8 ounces Black Forest ham, 1/2-inch cubes
  • 4 ounces very thinly sliced prosciutto, 1/2-inch squares
  • 8 ounces salami, 1/2-inch cubes
  • 8 ounces bocconcini (small fresh mozzarella balls in brine), halved
  • 4 Roma tomatoes, diced
  • 1/2 cup pepperoncini, chopped
  • 1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives, quartered
  • 1 cup canned garbanzo beans, drained, rinsed
  • Parmigiano-Reggiano, shaved, for garnish

Preparation
Dressing: Combine first 5 dressing ingredients in small bowl. Slowly whisk in olive oil. Season dressing with salt and pepper to taste.

Salad: In mixing bowl, toss romaine with 1/3 cup dressing. Divide among 4 chilled salad plates. Toss all other prepared salad ingredients with remaining dressing; divide and spoon equally on top of romaine. With vegetable peeler, shave Parmigiano Reggiano on top as garnish.

Nutrition
no information available

Serves
Serves 4

Variations
no information available

Source California Raisin Marketing Board



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