Mesclun is a salad mix of young salad leaves and other edible leaves, such as mustard green, dandelion green and radicchio. This is such a simple salad to make, but adding the dried cherries takes it from ‘standard’ to ‘different!’

Category: Lunch

Preparation time: 10 mins

Total time: 10 mins

Servings: 4

Your Ingredients

• 2 carrots
• 15 ounces (about 1 can) of chickpeas
• 1 garlic clove
• 6 cups of Mesclun salad leaves
• 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard
• 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 cup of olive oil
• Freshly ground pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup of dried cherries
• 1/4 cup of fresh dill
• Salt, to taste

N.B. Use Chef Remi Measuring Cups Set and Chef Remi Measuring Spoons for accurate measuring of ingredients.

How To Make Your Provence Mesclun Salad With Dried Cherries & Chickpeas

1. Using a sharp chef’s knife and wooden cutting board, halve your carrots lengthwise, and then thinly slice with a bias (diagonal) cut.
   
   
2. Rinse your chickpeas thoroughly in a colander and leave for a few minutes to drain well.
   
   
3. Skin your garlic clove by crushing it between a chef’s knife blade and a cutting board. Then finely mince.
   
   
4. In a small bowl, place the minced garlic, mustard and vinegar and whisk together with a small balloon whisk.
   
   
   
   
5. Add in the olive oil as a steady stream, whisking constantly, to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
   
   
6. In your salad / presentation bowl, place the Mesclun leaves, chickpeas, carrots, and cherries.
   
   
7. Snip your dill using herbs scissors directly on top of the salad.
   
   
   
   
8. Drizzle over your vinaigrette, and toss thoroughly. Serve your salad with serving tongs.

Tools Used:

• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Chef’s knife
• Cutting board
• Balloon whisk set
• Herb scissors
• Kitchen tongs

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