Italian Chopped Salad With Red Wine Vinaigrette
- 2 romaine lettuce hearts, roughly chopped
- 3 Roma tomatoes halved
- 1 purple onion small, peeled and quartered
- 1 green bell pepper seeded and quartered
- 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese ball, frozen
- 6 ounces hard salami or pepperoni
- 15 ounces garbanzo beans drained
- 6 1/2 ounces marinated artichoke hearts drained
- 1/2 cup sliced black olives
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- Attach the KitchenAid Food Processor Attachment with the dicing disc and blade to the stand mixer. Add the chopped lettuce to a large bowl then place the bowl beneath the food processor attachment. Turn the stand mixer to speed 4 then add the tomatoes, onions and bell peppers through the feed tube. Increase the speed to 10 then add the salami and mozzarella to the feed tube.
- Add the garbanzo beans, marinated artichoke hearts and sliced black olives to the bowl and toss together with the Red Wine Vinaigrette (recipe follows).
- In a small bowl, whisk together the red wine vinegar, minced garlic, dried oregano, sugar and olive oil until combined. Taste and season the vinaigrette with salt and pepper.
romaine lettuce hearts, tomatoes, purple onion, green bell pepper, mozzarella cheese, hard salami, garbanzo beans, black olives, red wine vinegar, garlic, oregano, sugar, olive oil
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Italian-Chopped-Salad-with-Red-Wine-Vinaigrette-2098840 (may not work)