Recipe:

Taste of Scandinavia Salad

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Serves 6 to 8

A tangy yogurt-dill vinaigrette is the ideal counterpart to this salad featuring smoked salmon, radishes, fennel and hard-cooked eggs.

Ingredients

Vinaigrette
1 shallot, peeled and roughly chopped
1/2 clove garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
3 tablespoons water
1/3 cup fresh dill
2/3 cup thick, plain low-fat yogurt
Salt and pepper
Juice of 1 lemon
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

Salad
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced in half-rings
8 cups mixed greens
1/2 cup chopped dill
3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and sliced into rounds
1 small fennel bulb, trimmed, halved and finely sliced
1 bunch red radishes, sliced as thinly as possible in rounds or half rounds
8 ounces smoked salmon
6 Scandinavian wafers, roughly crumbled

Method

To prepare the vinaigrette, add all ingredients except olive oil to a blender. Blend at medium speed for 2 minutes, then slowly drizzle in olive oil with machine running until dressing slightly thickens. Taste and adjust seasoning. Transfer to a bowl, cover and chill for at least 1 hour.

To assemble the salad, place onion in water to cover, add a few ice cubes and let sit for at least 15 minutes before serving. When ready to assemble salad, pour off water and drain onion thoroughly.

Toss greens and dill together. Arrange on a platter. Arrange eggs, fennel and radishes on top of the greens. Roll up slices of smoked salmon and arrange on salad. Serve with wafers and dressing on the side.

Nutrition

Per serving (About 7.5oz/209g-wt.): 240 calories (150 from fat), 16g total fat, 4g saturated fat, 14g protein, 12g total carbohydrate (3g dietary fiber, 3g sugar), 110mg cholesterol, 560mg sodium

Tags: Entertaining, Scandinavian

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