Baby Gem Lettuce Salad

• porties: 4 servings
• actieve tijd: 15 minutes
• totale tijd: 25 minutes

Ingrediënten

3 baby gem lettuce (aka little gem lettuce), leaves separated, washed and dried (Note 1)

1 cup cherry tomatoes (, cut in half (or grape tomatoes, or 2 regular tomatoes cut into bite size pieces)

1/2 eschalot (US: shallot), finely diced (Note 2)

1 1/2 tbsp chives (, finely chopped)

1 quantity Creamy French Dressing

1 cup white bread like baguette (, ciabatta, sourdough, cut into 1cm / 0.4" cubes - preferably stale (Note 3)

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Pinch of cooking salt / kosher salt

Instructies

Croutons:

Preheat the oven to 200°C / 390°F (180°C fan-forced).

Toss the bread with the oil and salt. Spread on a tray and bake for 10 minutes, tossing once halfway.

Cool on the tray before using. (These will keep for weeks in an airtight container in the pantry).

Salad:

Place all the lettuce leaves in a large bowl.

Add half of each the tomatoes, croutons, chives and eschalots. Drizzle with half the dressing then gently toss with your hands.

Pour into a serving bowl or pile on a platter. Scatter the remaining tomatoes, croutons, chives and eschalots across the top, then drizzle with the remaining dressing. Serve!