Wedge Salad

Lower the calories without sacrificing taste by making the dressing with Greek yoghurt, lemon juice, chili minced, minced garlic and the blue cheese. A Nigella recipe that is a favorite.

Remove the small bit hard bit of stem. Run water through that end of the lettuce. Turn right side up and let drain. I set it on top of a large Pyrex measuring glass. You want to do this some time ahead of making the salad so it’s not wet. I like to do it right from the store, then wrap loosely in paper towels and store in a plastic bag or lettuce keeper. Hope this helps.

I have been eating blue cheese lettuce wedge salads for years and the best that I’ve tasted is at The Outback. Just lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion slices, bacon, blue cheese dressin, and a balsamic vinegar glaze that really puts it over the top. It goes good with the French fries too! It’s the only thing I eat there.

Cut the core out of the lettuce head at the bottom and then run water from faucet into the lettuce head where the core was cut out. Turn it over and let the water drain out. My mother's technique.

Old trick: "Slam" the iceberg lettuce on the counter, stem down. The stem will come right out cleanly. Then wash the lettuce using this spigot to get inside all the leaves. Drain the lettuce (missing) stem-side down. Voila.

My wife and i love wedge lettuce salads! But some years ago we started deconstructing them - slice the lettuce wedges into bite size pieces, mix well with blue cheese dressing (roquefort for the gussied-up version), portion onto plates, sprinkle toppings (chopped bacon, tomatoes, whatever). Easier to eat, dressing/lettuce evenly mixed, everyone loves, never any leftovers.

I seem to be in the minority, but I followed the recipe precisely as written and it was delicious. I'm not qualified to improve on it. Oh, it was really delicious.

I do this with Romaine Lettuce, cut in half and then grilled on flat side for a light char.

My husband can't stand blue cheese so I substitute feta with more hot sauce to give it the punch it needs. Dressing the tomatoes with vinegar and shallots is a nice addition. We will try that soon.

The best way to remove the core from a head of iceberg lettuce is to bang the hard core on the counter, breaking it from the rest of the head. Pull out the core, allow water to run into the space created by the removed core, invert and allow to drain.

To clean iceberg lettuce. Take large firm head of organic iceberg lettuce and remove uncrisp outer leaves. Inspect and remove icky stem end. With large chef’s knife cut head in half from stem to blossom end. Inspect and remove any not nice or beige parts. Rinse, drain. Cut each half in half to create wedges and trim as needed. Do not core or completely remove stem ends or wedges will fall apart. Proceed with recipe. Provide steak knives with salad to enjoy unstressed delicious crispy crunch.

Excellent recipe, I served on plates I had chilled beforehand.

Great “retro” salad. I made it exactly to the recipe. Reminds me of fancy dinners out in the 50s and 60s.

I've always cut in half and wash inside and out. Never had an issue. Let thoroughly dry before making the salad.

I made this last night...7/3/18, just as written and my husband and I oohed and ahed over it's deliciousness! It was perfect for the hot evening air and our steak. Thanks Sam!