Green Goddess Wedge Salad
Green goddess wedge salad with little gem lettuce, a garlicky green goddess dressing, and a shower of crunchy, delicious toppings!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
green goddess dressing
- 2 cups parsley
- 1/3 cup snipped chives
- 1/2 cup fresh dill
- 1/4 cup fresh tarragon
- 1/4 cup basil leaves
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 anchovies
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
salad
- 5 ounces pancetta, chopped finely
- 2-4 small Little Gem style heads of lettuce
- 1 small (mini) cucumber, cut into small dice
- 4 scallions, sliced
- 4 radishes, cut into small dice
- 12 snap peas, sliced open along one side to reveal the peas
Instructions
dressing
- Put everything in to a good processor or blender and process until smooth and creamy. Taste it and feel free to adjust any of the ingredients. Refrigerate the dressing until cold. It will thicken as it chills. Note: you can do this a day or two ahead of time.
croutons
- Chop your bread into very small cubes. Toast in the butter, or the reserved pancetta fat over medium heat until toasted and crisp, tossing and stirring almost constantly. Sprinkle with a little salt and set aside.
salad
- Fry the pancetta until crispy and drain on paper towels.
- Trim the stem ends but keep them intact and slice the heads of lettuce in half lengthwise. Peel off any damaged outer leaves.
- Put each half cut side up on a salad plate. If your heads are very small you can do 2 to a serving.
- Spoon a nice amount of dressing on each wedge, letting it drip down onto the plate.
- Top with your chopped veggies, then the pancetta, and croutons ~ be generous!
- Add fresh cracked black pepper, and serve asap.
Notes
Fry your croutons in the grease from the pancetta, if you like.
Nutrition
Calories: 513 kcal · Carbohydrates: 17 g · Protein: 10 g · Fat: 46 g · Saturated Fat: 14 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 16 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 14 g · Trans Fat: 0.3 g · Cholesterol: 63 mg · Sodium: 560 mg · Potassium: 630 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 4 g · Vitamin A: 4022 IU · Vitamin C: 59 mg · Calcium: 169 mg · Iron: 5 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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