Burdock Salad Recipe

• 1 x burdock root (gobo) Vinegar as needed
• 1/4 lb sliced bacon Salad oil as needed
• 3/4 bn young spinach (horenso) leaves
• 2 x lettuce leaves
• 1 x celery stalk
• 4 x radishes
• 1 x egg yolk
• 1 Tbsp. wine vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/4 c. salad oil Salt to taste Freshly-grnd black pepper to taste

1. Wash burdock and scrape off thin brown skin with back of knife.
2. Cut into 1 1/2-inch matchstick-size pcs, placing them to soak in water-vinegar solution as you cut, to prevent discoloration.
3. Boil for a few min in water containing vinegar and drain in colander.
4. Cut bacon into 1-inch pcs.
5. Heat salad oil in frying pan, add in bacon and fry till crisp.
6. Drain on paper towels.
7. Wash spinach and tear some into bite-size pcs (remaining whole leaves will be arranged on serving plate).
8. Tear lettuce into same size as spinach.
9. Cut celery into 1 1/2-inch matchstick-size pcs, about the same size as burdock.
10. Cut radishes in a decorative way (for example, like a flower).
11. Mix ingredients for mayonnaise dressing in bowl, add in burdock, bacon, spinach, lettuce and celery and toss together.
12. Arrange whole spinach leaves on serving plate, place tossed ingredients atop them and decorate with radishes.
13. This recipe yields 4 servings.

burdock root, bacon salad oil, young spinach, celery stalk, radishes, egg yolk, wine vinegar, lemon juice, salad oil salt

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/burdock-salad-95097 (may not work)