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Simple Butter Lettuce Salad

a simple butter lettuce salad with apple cider vinaigrette, olives, breadcrumbs, chives, manchego cheese and ground pepper
  • Serves:  6
  • Prep Time:  5 min
  • Cook Time:  10 min

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons salted butter
  • ½ cup panko breadcrumbs
  • 2 heads butter lettuce, leaves separated and roughly torn
  • 2 ounces Manchego cheese, grated
  • 1 cup pitted Castelvetrano olives, halved
  • ¼ cup minced chives
  • Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

Apple Cider Vinaigrette

  • ¼ cup unfiltered apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

Method

  1. Make the vinaigrette. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, honey, olive oil, salt, and pepper until smooth. Set aside.
  2. Toast the breadcrumbs. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Once the butter is bubbling, add the panko and cook, stirring frequently, until golden brown and crispy, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate and let cool slightly.
  3. Arrange the lettuce leaves on a large serving platter. Scatter the Manchego, olives, and chives over the top. Season with freshly cracked black pepper.
  4. Just before serving, drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad and immediately top with the toasted breadcrumbs. Serve family-style.

Notes

If you dress this salad too soon, the breadcrumbs will get soggy. We recommend saving the panko until after it is dressed, sprinkling it on right before serving.