Emeril's Stacked Salad
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup packed chopped assorted fresh mild herbs, such as basil, chives,
- Dill, tarragon, and parsley
- 4 cup baby arugula lettuce, cleaned and patted dry
- 1 pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over for cartilage
- 1/2 bunch pencil asparagus, blanched until tender in salted water and sliced in half
- 1 large Beef Steak Tomato, sliced into 1/4-inch slices and season with salt and pepper on both sides
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
- Make the vinaigrette.
- Combine the olive oil, vinegar, honey and mustard together.
- Whisk well.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Fold in the herbs.
- In a large mixing bowl, toss the arugula with 1/4 of the dressing.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, toss the crabmeat with the 1/2 of the dressing.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Set aside.
- Toss the asparagus with the remaining dressing.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- To serve, in the center of each serving plate, start stacking the salad with the asparagus, slice of tomato, crabmeat, and arugula.
- Continue building until all of the ingredients are used.
- Garnish with parsley.
extra virgin olive oil, rice wine vinegar, honey, mustard, salt, freshly ground black pepper, herbs, dill, baby arugula, lump crabmeat, pencil asparagus, tomato, parsley
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/emerils-stacked-salad-recipe.html (may not work)