Butter Lettuce & Tarragon Salad

By beckylippert

Another recipe from my dear Finnish grandmother. "Simple, but oh so good," she says.

Ingredients

• 2 small heads of butter lettuce separated into leaves
• 2 tbsp of minced fresh tarragon
• 1 tbsp minced fresh chives
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• salt
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Use only the most tender leaves, tear the large leaves into pieces and arrange in a salad bowl. Sprinkle tarragon and chives onto leaves.
2. In a small bowl, stir together vinegar, mustard and salt to taste, until well mixed. Add oil and whisk vigorously until combined. Pour dressing over lettuce, toss and serve.

This salad is a nice side dish to fish or meat. If served with fish, substitute lemon juice for the vinegar.

Slices of hardboiled eggs are an attractive garnish.

Minced basil and/or Italian parsley can be added to the dressing as well.