Oma's Simple Salad with Creamy German Salad Dressing
This simple salad with a creamy semi-sweet dressing was a standard on Oma's table. She used Feldsalat, but you can easily substitute Butter Lettuce.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbl Vegetable Oil olive oil is fine
- 1 Tbl White Wine Vinegar
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp. Sugar
- 2 Tbl Heavy Cream or plain yogurt, but be aware that it will be tarter
- ½ cup diced Yellow Onion you can add more or less, depending on your love of onion
- 1-2 tsp finely chopped fresh herbs Parsley, Chives, Dill, Lovage
- 1 head Butter Lettuce Or Rapunzel Lettuce/ Mache/Lambs Lettuce
Instructions
- Wash and dry the lettuce. If using butter lettuce, tear into smaller pieces. Set aside while you make the dressing
- In a small bowl, combine the oil and vinegar, salt and sugar. Whisk until the salt and sugar dissolve.
- Add the cream and whisk until smooth. Note! It will look curdled at first, just keep whisking.
- Add the diced onion and herbs.
- When you are ready to serve, toss with Lettuce until coated. Then plate on small salad plates.
Notes
Because I generally serve this on small plates, I use a standard mixing bowl to prepare the salad, not a nice salad bowl. But you decide for your home.
Butter Lettuce wilts fairly quickly, so once the salad is dressed, don't linger... eat!!