Basque Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 cups loose leaf lettuce (try a variety of lettuce including heirloom lettuce if possible)
• 2 medium tomatoes, sliced (heirloom tomatoes if available)
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• 1 orange, peeled, seeded and sectioned (blood orange or valencia would be great!)
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup raspberry vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar (decreased from 1/2 cup)
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon dried mediterranean oregano (or 1 teaspoon fresh if you have it)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a jar with a tight fitting lid combine olive oil, vinegar, sugar, dijon mustard, oregano and pepper. shake well.
• 2 tear the lettuce and place on individual salad plates.
• 3 add the tomato pieces, walnuts, and blue cheese.
• 4 garnish with orange sections and egg quarters; drizzle with raspberry vinaigrette. finish with a sprinkle of fresh cracked black pepper.