Mushroom and Pepper Salad
- 1 large sweet red pepper, about 1/2 pound
- 1 large sweet green pepper, about 1/2 pound
- 3/4 cup celery cut crosswise into quarter-inch pieces
- 1/4 pound mushrooms, thinly sliced, about 2 cups
- 2 unblemished large endive
- 1/4 cup chopped scallions
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 3 tablepsoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- Cut away the outer core of each pepper.
- Bring enough water to the boil in a saucepan to cover the peppers when added.
- Add the peppers and cook about two minutes, no longer.
- Remove the peppers but leave the water in the saucepan.
- Using a paring knife, pull off the skin of the red pepper.
- The green pepper will not skin properly.
- Cut the peppers lengthwise into quarters.
- Remove any veins and seeds.
- Cut the quartered peppers into quarter-inch crosswise strips.
- Add the celery to the boiling water and let simmer about 30 seconds.
- Drain.
- Trim off the base of the endive.
- Cut the endive crosswise into quarter-inch thick pieces.
- Combine the peppers, mushrooms, celery, endive and scallions in a salad bowl.
- Put the lemon juice and vinegar in a small mixing bowl and gradually beat in the oil and sugar.
- Beat well with a wire whisk.
- Pour the sauce over the mushroom mixture.
- Toss and serve.
sweet red pepper, sweet green pepper, celery, mushrooms, endive, scallions, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil, sugar
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/29 (may not work)