Three Salad Chiffonade Recipes

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• Mix together green beans, wax beans, kidney beans, onion, sugar, vinegar, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Let set in refrigerator for at least 12 hours.

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• Rinse, drain and pat dry the radicchio, bibb and iceberg lettuce.
• Stack radicchio leaves and cut into very fine shreds. There should be about 2 cups. Put shreds in a large bowl. Repeat with the bibb and iceberg lettuce. There should be about 2 cups of each. Add to the bowl.
• Add the onion rings, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and blend well. Serve immediately

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• Discard coarse stems of spinach. Wash spinach thoroughly and drain. Working in batches, stack leaves on top of one another and cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips.
• In a large heavy skillet cook shallots in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Add spinach and salt and pepper to taste and sauté over moderately high heat, stirring, until wilted and tender, about 3 minutes.

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• Whisk together all ingredients. Put Romaine chiffonade in a large bowl, add the dressing and toss lightly, add salt and pepper to taste and toss again.
• Place a ring on the plate, such as a clean tuna can with both ends removed.
• Fill the ring approximately half full with romaine, add shrimp or crab and chives lightly packing it down in the ring with a spoon.
• Add more Romaine, filling the ring to the top, packing it down again lightly.
• Carefully remove the ring, top with Parmesan and croutons and serve.

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• In small bowl, combine creme fraiche or sour cream, lemon juice and paprika.
• Stack several lettuce leaves and, using long chef's knife, cut into fine strips, as if slicing cabbage for cole slaw. Place in large salad bowl and toss with dressing.
• Distribute lettuce among 4 salad plates and cover each with several strips of salmon. Serve immediately.

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• Fill a medium saucepan 3/4 full of water; add beets and salt, and bring to a boil. Simmer beets until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain; set aside until cool enough to handle, about 12 minutes. Using a paper towel, rub off beet skins. Cut beets into 1/4-inch pieces, and set aside.
• Peel eggs, and separate yolks from whites. Cut whites into 1/4-inch pieces; set aside. Press yolks through a fine sieve into a small bowl; set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar and oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, drizzle vinaigrette over each aspic serving. Spoon reserved beets, egg whites, and egg yolks over top, and sprinkle with chives.