While in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, we had a beautiful salad at the traditional restaurant El Padrino in the mountains overlooking the city. This salad is easy to make, pretty, and a meal in itself. One thing I like about it is that it is not "tossed": the many ingredients are arranged separately over the bed lettuce so that you can appreciate each one.
We had this with crunchy anise-scented Canary style bread.
Ingredients:
romaine lettuce
sliced tomatoes
sliced sweet onions
sliced red bell peppers
sliced radishes
half an avocado, sliced
florets of steamed cauliflower, tossed with a good olive oil
a good banana (small "apple bananas" make a good substitute for Canary-style bananas)
sprigs of watercress
grated carrot
a tin of good tuna packed in olive oil
halved boiled eggs
steamed corn
sliced cucumber
salt
Wash and dry the lettuce. Make a large bed of lettuce on a platter, and arrange each of the ingredients separately on top. Place a bottle of good olive oil, vinegar, and salt on the table. Guests can pick what they like from the salad, and dress it as they like.
Like to try another neat Canary Island salad? Check out my post on a Canary Island salad of avocado and tangerines.
Spanish food is really awesome and this Salad looks delicious.Thanks for giving this salad recipe. I will try this recipe. I love Spanish food very much and i have tried many spanish recipes which i got from YouTube , recipe books and many other website at home . I like visiting Spanish restaurants in weekend.
Posted by: spanish | 08/15/2012 at 12:43 AM