Layered Salad With Roasted Garlic Dressing
- 2 large heads of garlic
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil
- 2 large heads of romaine lettuce, cut into bite-size pieces (about 16 cups)
- 1 large fresh fennel bulb, halved, cored, thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
- 1 15-to 15 1/2-ounce can garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed, drained
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pitted Kalamata olives
- 1 12-ounce container grape tomatoes, halved
- 2 medium zucchini, trimmed, cut into 1/8-inch-thick rounds (about 2 cups)
- Preheat oven to 400u0b0F. Cut off top 1/2 inch from garlic heads. Place garlic heads on foil, cut sides up. Drizzle each with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Enclose garlic in foil. Roast until soft, about 1 hour. Unwrap; cool. Squeeze garlic from skins into blender. Add mayonnaise and buttermilk; puree. Add basil; blend until chopped. Season with salt and pepper.
- Place lettuce in bottom of large glass bowl. Top with fennel slices, then garbanzo beans, olives, and tomatoes. Spread zucchini salad, covering. Spread dressing over zucchini. Cover; chill at least 1 hour. DO AHEAD:
- Just before serving, toss salad.
garlic, extravirgin olive oil, mayonnaise, buttermilk, fresh basil, romaine lettuce, fresh fennel bulb, garbanzo beans, olives, grape tomatoes, zucchini
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/layered-salad-with-roasted-garlic-dressing-242719 (may not work)