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rocket salad ©️Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh

Rocket salad with portobello mushrooms and toasted walnuts

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for the salad

  • 10.6 oz (300 g) rocket salad
  • 3.5 oz (100 g) walnuts
  • 1 shallot of around 3 oz
  • 7.1 oz (200 g) portobello mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/6 tsp ground pepper
  • 1/8 tsp salt to taste

Ingredients for the vinaigrette

  • juice of ¼ lemon
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar can be replaced by other vinegar
  • 1/8 tsp sea salt
  • 1/8 tsp fresh ground pepper
  • a squeeze of honey (5 g)
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 3 - 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions
 

Instruction for the salad

  • Wash and dry the salad, preferably in a centrifuge. The salad can be stored for several hours up to a day in a moist clean towel in the fridge
  • Make the vinaigrette (see below)
  • Place the salad leaves on plates or in a bowl and sprinkle the vinaigrette over the leaves
  • Slice the shallot and portobello mushrooms in pieces
  • Place a skillet on the fire, add 1 tbsp olive oil and softly fry the shallot for a few minutes and then add the mushroom slices and the broken walnut pieces. Toss around at medium fire until the mushrooms are tender (some 5 minutes)
  • Season with some sea salt and fresh pepper
  • Cover the salad with the walnut and shallot/mushroom mixture

Instruction for the vinaigrette

  • Mix the lemon juice, mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper, and honey to a homogeneous mixture
  • Add the olive oil (aiming for roughly equal weights of aqueous and oily phase) and mix thoroughly and let stand
  • Before pouring it over the salad leaves, thoroughly mix again

Notes

Method: pan frying
Food Allergy & Intolerance Information: tree nuts