Zesty Lemon Boston Lettuce Salad

Zesty Lemon Boston Lettuce Salad

Zesty Lemon Boston Lettuce Salad

Beauty is often found in the simplicity of our lives. simplistic skin care, gifts wrapped with clean lines and sharp edges, fresh white sheets, and a crisp, simple salad. Boston Lettuce – or bibb/butter lettuce, your choice – is the elegant, well-traveled older sister of romaine, and offers a smooth, buttery, yet uniform crunch. You’ll often find this lettuce the vessel for lettuce wraps or garnish, but with this salad, she is the main attraction. 

We don’t want to hide the beauty of this lettuce under a store-bought dressing. Let’s elevate your go-to dressing with an incredible and buildable vinaigrette. The ability to control the fat-to-acid ratio in this dressing is crucial to having the salad of your dreams. The mayonnaise provides you a stable palette in which to build your vinaigrette off – so no need to fear you will “break” and ruin your dressing! You can also use this recipe to build and explore other flavors like wasabi, ginger, blue cheese, and many other flavors!

A kitchen curious tip: leave the leaves whole for a sophisticated look. Simply add your dressing to a large bowl and very gently swipe the lettuce leaves – like a brush to paint – to give this lettuce the perfectly dressed look. 

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 clove garlic, pressed
  • 1 TBSP whole grain mustard
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • Pinch of s.a.l.t. Sisters Lemon Sea Salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 head Boston lettuce, cleaned and separated into leaves
  • 2 TBSP capers

Directions:

  1. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, pressed garlic, whole grain mustard, lemon juice, olive oil, Lemon sea salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Whisk thoroughly until the vinaigrette is well combined.
  2. Leave whole or break the Boston lettuce leaves into smaller pieces and divide them onto serving plates. Drizzle the prepared vinaigrette over the lettuce leaves. Sprinkle the salad with capers.
  3. Serve immediately and enjoy!