Parisienne Salad

You can most often find this salad in taverns and pubs in and around Paris where they usually serve it  as a starter but it works very well as a light lunch. The clove of garlic is used in what may seem like an odd way, you cut it in half and rub the inside of the salad bowl with it for just a slight hint of garlic.


200-300g mushrooms
200g boiled or smoked ham
200g Swiss cheese
4 tomatoes
1 head of iceberg lettuce
1tbl red wine vinegar
4tbl olive oil
1tsb french mustard
1/2tsb dried tarragon
1 clove of garlic (optional)
chopped parsley


Stir the mustard into the vinegar and add the oil. Then flavor it with the tarragon and some salt and pepper.

Cut the clove of garlic in half and rub the inside of the salad bowl with it.

Clean and cut the mushrooms into rough slices. Put them in the bowl and pour the dressing over them and mix carefully so you don't break the mushrooms to much. Let soak for about 20 minutes.

Slice the ham into strips that aren't too thin.

Cut the cheese into small cubes or into strips similar to the ham.

Quarter the lettuce and cut off the stem, then slice it into thin strips about 1cm thick.

Cut the tomatoes into wedges.

Mix everything except the tomatoes and parsley together in the bowl.

Decorate the finished salad with the tomato wedges and sprinkle the parsley over the top.


Enjoy!