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Salad of the Vegetables of the Day, with Olive Oil and Herb Bouquets Recipe
 
 
Salad of the Vegetables of the Day, with Olive Oil and Herb Bouquets
Jacques et Laurent Pourcel, Le Jardin des Sens, France
Jacques et Laurent Pourcel, Le Jardin des Sens, France
Total time: 30 to 60 minutes
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Cooking time: 5-10 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note

Our region is famous for its produce: we love to work with green asparagus from Mauguio, raw or cooked purple artichokes, eggplant, tender zucchini and their golden flowers, fragrant red tomatoes, thin young leeks…

Since ancient times, the Camargue has been a favourite site for producing sea salt. Today, on the salt marshes of Aigues-Mortes, the salt makers of Les Salins du Midi still carry on the tradition, in particular collecting the finest Camargue salt, called “fleur de sel,” which is invaluable for enhancing the flavour of our dishes. Its tiny crunchy crystals appear in summer on the surface of the water. Simply dried in the sun, they come directly from the salt tables to our kitchen. In this recipe we use the “fleur de sel” to enhance the flavours of these vegetables of the day.

 

Ingredients
Ingredients
Cooked vegetables
- Snap peas
- Butter beans
- Young leeks
- Chanterelles
- Cranberry beans
- Chinese cabbage
- Camargue fleur de sel, fine salt
- Ground Szechuan pepper
Raw vegetables
- Violet artichoke hearts
- Cauliflower
- Peas in the pod
- Avocado
- Melon
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Young carrots
- Young turnips or kohlrabi
Herbs
- A bunch of flat leaf parsley
- A bunch of chives
- A bunch of mint
- A bunch of basil
- A bunch of chervil
- Olive oil
- Lemon juice
- Basil vinaigrette
Method
  1. Wash and clean all the vegetables (choose very fresh young vegetables: the amounts will be determined by the number of guests)
  2. Cook the vegetables that require cooking in rapidly boiling salted water (they should remain crisp).
  3. Refresh immediately in ice water.
  4. The raw vegetables can be either finely chopped (artichokes, carrots, turnips), left whole (peas), sliced (melon, tomatoes), or lightly sautéed (chanterelles, ceps).

Assembling the Salad

  1.  
  2. Make up mixed bouquets of thin-stemmed aromatic herbs, one bouquet for each guest. Tie with chives and coat with olive oil.
  3. Lightly dress each plate with basil vinaigrette.
  4. Sprinkle a little Camargue “fleur de sel” and ground Szechuan pepper over the salads and decorate with a bouquet of herbs.

 

Dip all the vegetables lightly into the basil vinaigrette, and then arrange them on plates, playing with the different colours and shapes - try to give volume to the arrangement.
Sommelier
Côteau du Languedoc blanc, Château de Joncquières
 
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An original recipe from Jacques and Laurent Pourcel, of le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier
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