Garden-fresh Salad with Meunière Butter Dressing

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“I’m sharing my garden-fresh salad with Meunière butter dressing with you – you can’t get greener than this. It comprises fresh greens and a bunch of herbs topped with crunchy-and-crispy sage leaves that add an enticing earthiness. One of the most simply delicious salad recipes ever focusing on what your garden has to offer.”

— Jackie Cameron

Salad Leaves, Fresh Garden Herbs, Deep Fried Sage and Lemon Dressed with Meunière Butter

Yields: One salad for two

Salad

Ingredients:

• ½ Head of Lettuce
• 7 Different fresh garden picked herbs, for example: chives, rocket, fennel, sorrel ,mint ,flat leaf parsley and thyme
• 10 Deep fried Sage leaves, fry in a medium temperature oil until the leaf becomes almost bright in colour-place on paper toweling
• 2 Lemon wedges

Meunière Butter

• 250g Butter
• 60 ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice

Method:

1. Heat the butter in a saucepan, add the lemon juice and set aside-outside the fridge-this is the meuniere butter sauce.
2. Mix the lettuce and herbs together and add the room-temperature sauce this will beautifully glaze each of the leaves adding a lemon buttery-ness.
3. Top with crispy sage leaves and a side of lemon wedges for those who enjoy an extra zestiness.