Danish Blue Cheese Salad

PanNan's Note:

This recipe is posted for the World Tour 2005 RecipeZaar event. It's from Scandinavian Feasts by Beatrice Ojakangas. I made it with our Thanksgiving dinner this year, and everyone loved it.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 quart lettuce leaf (small new tender garden lettuce, or butter lettuce)
• 1 bunch radish , cleaned and thinly sliced (small baby sized radishes)
• ½ cup cucumber , sliced paper-thin (about 2-inch section of cucumber)
• 1 sweet onion , thinly sliced
• ¼ lb danish blue cheese , crumbled
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 pinch dry mustard
• 1 pinch sugar
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions:

1. Wash and dry the lettuce and place in a serving bowl.
2. Add radishes, cucumber, and onion. Sprinkle with the blue cheese.
3. In a small bowl, mix together the salt, pepper, mustard, sugar, and vinegar. Whisk in the salad oil.
4. Just before serving, stir the dressing again, and pour over the salad.

Reviews

[~Bliss~]

Another "weird" recipe, but REALLY good. I'm not a huge fan of blue cheese, but purchased the Danish Blue Cheese to test this recipe. I didn't have any greens. I put a little dressing on the radishes, cukes, onion and blue cheese and loved it. Next time, I'll add some shrimp and have a nice lunch salad. This is absolutely a winner, and a recipe I'll be making often.

[*Parsley*]

This salad turns ordinary ingredients into colorful, light and tasty salad. The dressing was very light in flavor; perfect to go with the crumbled blue cheese. You could throw some cooked shrimp or crabmeat on this and make it a meal. Thanx for sharing!

[JanuaryBride]

Good, but not wow. I enjoyed using the radishes, as they are one of my favorites. In place of the "pinch of sugar" I used about a 1/2 tsp of honey and in place of the salt I used seasoning salt; both were great subs. I think the dressing was good, but the salad itself wasn't a show-stopper. Made for an easy lunch though.