{"id":1650,"date":"2010-09-01T07:53:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T07:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2010-09-01T07:53:45","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T07:53:45","slug":"recipe-chicory-bean-and-lovage-salad-with-buttermilk-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2010\/09\/01\/recipe-chicory-bean-and-lovage-salad-with-buttermilk-dressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe | Chicory, bean, and lovage salad with buttermilk dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Imagine celery with a swagger and you’re pretty close to lovage. With darker leaves than its watery cousin, lovage has the most fantastic flavour that, while not immediately appealing, grows on you.<\/p>\n

I served this with a pork chop.<\/p>\n

Serves 2
\n<\/span>A handful of trimmed green beans
\nA head of chicory
\nA few leaves of romaine or gem lettuce
\nA handful of lovage, roughly torn
\nA teaspoon Dijon mustard
\nA tablespoon of cider vinegar
\n2 tablespoons of olive oil
\nA tablespoon of buttermilk
\nSalt and pepper<\/p>\n

– Bring a pan of salted water to a boil and add the trimmed beans. Simmer for two minutes, drain, and run under a cold tap for a minute to prevent further cooking.<\/p>\n

– Tear the leaves into bitesized pieces – a vital and much overlooked aspect of salad preparation – and wash and dry thoroughly.<\/p>\n

– Whisk the vinegar into the mustard before slowly whisking in the olive oil to emulsify, followed by the buttermilk. Season with salt and pepper, dress the salad and serve. With a pork chop. And potatoes.<\/p>\n

With thanks to Wildly Different<\/a> for their green beans suggestion, and everyone else who helped in this week’s Random Ingredient Generator<\/a> game. Except Julia<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

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