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Cooking a Warm Salad - Help Needed
OK i;m cooking for the gf and she loves salad. I've never been a fan of cold food so don't really like salads.
I'm cooking some fish and wanted to do a warm salad to go with it as then I will enjoy it a bit more and she likes salad too. I was going to do a bit of rocket and maybe add in a few more bits of veg I like, maybe some spinach. Now I know you can warm rocket up and stuff as i've had this before in restaurants but i'm not too sure how to do this as I don't want to burn it or anything. Can I just heat it through for a few minutes in a frying pan with some olive oil or no I need to do anything different, don't want to burn or ruin anything |
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![]() I made a warm rocket salad just last week and it was delicious! Didn't have to warm the actual rocket though in order for the dish to be 'warm'. I made some red onion 'wedges', then fried them off with some pancetta and pine nuts (you can add some sprigs of thyme too). You then throw all that in a bowl with a few handfuls of rocket, slosh in some more olive il if you want and a couple of glugs of balsamic vinegar. Then put it straight on the plate with some parmesan on top if you have some, it's fine without though. Got this one from Jamie oliver and it's so yummy |
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thanks for the advice but my problem is that this will sort of be a side salad so I wanted to warm it through a bit first. I'm a bit fussy and not a fan of cold food so if i put it on the side of my place as is with the fish the other side then i don't think I will like it very much
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I've heard of a Warm Salad as a Main Course (Sliced Duck Breast and Bacon f'rinstance) but not as a side dish. Suppose you could omit the Duck and just do the Bacon (or Pancetta) and do an Olive oil/Balsamic dressing which has been gently warmed poured over it. Hope that helps.
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thanks for the advice but my problem is that this will sort of be a side salad so I wanted to warm it through a bit first. I'm a bit fussy and not a fan of cold food so if i put it on the side of my place as is with the fish the other side then i don't think I will like it very much
erm it would be warm though, if you can co ordinate it so that it can be mixed at the same time as you serve the fish, the pancetta/onion etc are very hot, and so make the the whole thing warm anyway, enjoy what you have either way!
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thanks for the help, so I can warm up some onions and balsamic etc and then just add that to some rocket and should be ok, might give this a quick go myself on thursday so i''m prepared in advance
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Could you not add the balsamic to the pan, and make a hot dressing? This would make the salad a little hotter wouldn't it? As long as the rocket hasn't come straight from the fridge it shouldn't be "cold" anyway.
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Could you not add the balsamic to the pan, and make a hot dressing? This would make the salad a little hotter wouldn't it? As long as the rocket hasn't come straight from the fridge it shouldn't be "cold" anyway.
Don't want to burn any of the rocket or anything so think that will be fine. I'm probably just over complicating this |
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that is my basic plan, I will give this a go on Thursday and try that out, hopefully it should be ok.
Don't want to burn any of the rocket or anything so think that will be fine. I'm probably just over complicating this |
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well I gave it a go last Friday and it was ok, I just did some olive oil and some balsamic vinegar in a pan but I think I got the mixture a bit wrong but it was a good effort, just need to experiment a bit more I think
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