Recipe - A Croque Monsieur Salad

3 tablespoon Olive oil
1 One half tablespoon Red wine vinegar
One fourth Lemon; juice of
One half teaspoon Dijon mustard
One fourth cup Chopped fresh basil OR
1 tablespoon Crumbled dried
1 pn Sugar
Grinding of black pepper

THE SALAD
One half teaspoon Olive oil
One half teaspoon Butter
3 Cloves garlic; minced
1 cup Julienne strips cooked ham
1 One half tablespoon Freshly grated Parmesan
cheese
4 cup Mixed greens (spinach; red
leaf lettuce; arugula, etc)
Nasturtium flowers for
garnish (optional)
Croutons

The LemonBasil Vinaigrette:

1. Prepare the vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together all the
ingredients until smooth. Set aside.

2. Prepare the salad: In a small skillet, heat the oil and butter over
low heat. Add the garlic and saute 10 seconds. Add the ham and saute for
another 10 seconds. Off the heat, add the grated cheese.

3. Place the mixed greens in a salad bowl or plate and top with the ham
mixture. Garnish with the nasturtium flowers and drizzle the vinaigrette
on top. Top with croutons. Serve this with a good crusty load of French
bread and a bottle of dry white French wine.

From: LEFTOVERS by Kathy Gunst, Harper Perennial, New York. 1991. ISBN
006096863X Shared by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 9/93

Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 18:56:52 0400

From: BobbieB1@aol.com

MMRecipes Digest V3 #160

From the MealMaster recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.