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This Crispy Prosciutto Salad is an easy, refreshing side dish!
It’s made with crunchy gem lettuce, apples, cucumber, pomegranate seeds, crumbled crispy prosciutto, a minty olive oil vinaigrette, and a creamy garlic dip. The double dip ensures loads of flavor in every bite.
Serve this colorful salad as a vibrant main or side dish. Enjoy it on its own for lunch, stuff it into wraps, or eat it as a healthy snack with tortilla chips.
Feel free to add any extra greens, avocado, parmesan cheese, blueberries, or chopped almonds.
For other family-friendly salads, check out my cottage cheese and tuna salad, halloumi and watermelon salad, and bacon pasta salad.
Crispy Prosciutto Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 gem lettuce
- 1 apple
- 1/2 cucumber
- 70 grams prosciutto
- 1/2 pomegranate
Vinaigrette
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon mint
- sea salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
Garlic dressing
- 3 tablespoons sour cream, or creme fraiche
- 1/2 lime, juiced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- sea salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
Instructions
Salad
- Spread the prosciutto slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in a hot oven (200°C / 392°F) for around 10 minutes until crispy.
- Remove from the oven.
- Allow to cool.
- Chop the gem lettuces, cucumber, and apples and place these in a large bowl or platter.
- Top with pomegranate seeds (save a small handful for the final presentation) and roughly chopped prosciutto.
Mint vinaigrette
- Mix olive oil, white wine vinegar, and 1 tablespoon maple syrup.
- Add fresh chopped mint (or basil), sea salt, and pepper to taste.
- Pour the dressing over the salad. Toss to mix.
Garlic dressing
- Mix sour cream, lime juice, minced garlic, one teaspoon of maple syrup, sea salt, and pepper to make the cream dressing.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad.
Serving
- Decorate with fresh mint leaves and a few extra pomegranate seeds.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
