Basque Tossed Salad Food

BASQUE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss together the green, red, and yellow peppers with the tomatoes, cucumber, and onion.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the vinegar and olive oil. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar. Whisk in oregano, basil, and marjoram. Continue whisking until ingredients are well blended and the oil and vinegar are emulsified.
• Pour dressing over vegetables, and toss gently with a wooden spoon. Cover, and marinate at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours, stirring frequently. Refrigerate until 1 hour before serving; then remove from the refrigerator, and let sit at room temperature. Garnish with chopped parsley.

BASQUE SALAD

Steps:

• Mix all of the ingredients together.
• Chill until ready to serve.
• Lightly drizzle the dressing over fresh salad greens and toss until evenly coated.
• It is a very strong and flavorful dressing, so you may want to play around with the amount of dressing you add to suit your personal taste.
• Caution: Do not mix the salad dressing with the salad greens until you are ready to eat or the greens will wilt.

YOUR BASIC TOSSED SALAD

Steps:

• Place salad greens in a salad bowl and top with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, and carrot. Place oil, vinegar and sugar in a small plastic container. Put the lid on the container and shake dressing until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Pour dressing over salad. Season salad with salt and pepper, to taste, and toss to combine.

BASQUE SALAD

Steps:

• Seed and dice the peppers and tomatoes.
• Peel, seed, and dice the cucumber.
• Peel and dice the onion.
• Toss vegetables in a large bowl.
• In a medium bowl whisk together the vinegar, oil, and seasonings.
• Pour over vegetables and toss.
• Refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.
• If desired add croutons before serving.

BASQUE CAKE WITH CHERRY PRESERVES

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 10-inch cake pan or spring-form pan. In a mixer with a whip attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually beat in the sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract.
• Sift the cake flour, salt, and baking powder together and use a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into this butter mixture until a soft dough forms and no white streaks of flour remain. Spread half the batter evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan. Stir the almond extract into the cherry preserves. Spoon the cherry preserves over the batter, spreading it within 2 inches of the border.
• Drop the remaining batter by large spoonfuls or pipe it with a plain tip over the preserves. Spread the batter carefully over the jam to the edge of the pan. Sprinkle with sliced almonds, if using.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a bamboo skewer inserted into the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging to it. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Unmold the cake and dust with confectioners' sugar.

TOP BRASS TOSSED SALAD WITH ITALIAN DRESSING

Steps:

• Through the feed opening of a running blender add, 1 at a time, the vinegar, garlic, oregano, thyme, parsley, salt, and pepper. Then, leaving the blender running, gradually add the olive oil in a thin stream. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Gently toss together the greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, and carrots with enough of the dressing to coat. Serve family style with the remaining salad dressing on the side.

BASQUE TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place tomatoes in a shallow serving dish. Arrange onion rings on top. Arrange green bell pepper rings on top of onions.
• Combine olive oil, cider vinegar, garlic, parsley, salt, sugar, and black pepper in a jar. Close jar tightly and shake vigorously until dressing is well-mixed. Pour dressing over tomatoes, onions, and peppers. Refrigerate until flavors combine, about 2 hours.

BASQUE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Grate eggs and refrigerate them in a sealed container. Combine mayo and spices in a 1 1/2 quart bowl. Usinga wire whip to distribute the spices evenly. Whip in oil and then vinegar. Adjust the seasonings to taste. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours so the flavors can blend. Add dressing to your favorite salad greens. Sprinkle the eggs over the dressing.