fantasia cocktail
Prep
Total
Yield 4 glasses of salad
I mean, let's not pretend that this fantasia cocktail is anything more than a salad in a wine glass, but it's a good salad none the less and the homemade dressing actually had a good bit of kick to it. If you were so inclined you could swap out the dressing for a ready made one and no-one would be any the wiser.
We have worked the calories out via the NHS app at roughly 350 calories, but of course it depends on the meats and cheese you use. So do make sure to double check.
Ingredients
- one large little gem lettuce (a contradiction I know, so feel free to use two little little gems (I ought to explain, that doesn't mean use a tiny lettuce either) (fuck it, use an iceberg lettuce for all I care) (why use lettuce at all - just cos)
- of course, you're not making a honeymoon salad here, which is lettuce alone
- get out
- of course, you're not making a honeymoon salad here, which is lettuce alone
- 225g of small ripe tomatoes (Sonia says use firm tomatoes, but firm tomatoes are always watery and tasteless, so listen to me), sliced fine
- 225g of chopped cooked chicken
- 125g of chopped ham or tongue
- 225g of cucumber, sliced fine
- 125g of button mushrooms, sliced fine
- a green pepper, sliced so fine you blow my mind
- one teaspoon of mixed herbs
- 1 tablespoon of white wine vinegar
- 125g of mild cheese - we used a mixture of Gouda and Edam
For the dressing
- six tablespoons of mayonnaise (full fat, mind you)
- one teaspoon (level) of mustard powder
- two tablespoons of lemon juice
- pinch of salt and pepper
Or, controversially, just buy some salad dressing.
Instructions
- line the bottom of your glasses with lettuce leaves or finely chopped lettuce
- layer the tomatoes on top
- season with a bit of salt and pepper
- add equal amounts of chicken into each glass
- in a separate bowl, add the sliced cucumber, mushrooms and pepper and douse with the vinegar, herbs and another pinch of salt
- spoon that mixture on top of the chicken
- top that with ham and cheese
- top cat, the indisputable leader of the gang
- whisk all the dressing ingredients together, thinning with water if needed, and then pour over the top to (in Sonia's words) moisten your ingredients
- serve, and then present yourself alluringly on the banquette so one of your neighbours can have a go to say thanks for such an amazing dinner
- get yourself a reputation on the street for being a filthy slattern who steals husbands
- turn to a life of crime
- fall from grace
- end up making a book of Microwave for One meals
The circle completes!
Notes
Recipe
- as mentioned, you can swap the tongue for ham
- after dinner, you can swap the tongue for pork if you're nasty
Books
- we have a few salads in our second cookbook which is a treasure and contains nothing served in a wine glass other than your dear author's morning gin: order yours here!
- the berry cheesy salad we made (well, tried to make) on James Martin is in the first book, and it's really quite delicious: click here to order
- want some motivation and wish we were there to help assist you with your weight loss - why not try our planner - it's like having us with you only without Paul blowing pastry crumbs all over you: here
Tools
- I have nothing to really put in here today save for this ABSOLUTELY GIANT WINE GLASS I found on Amazon - I think this would be perfect for the school run, but then that's why I'm not a school bus driver
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Courses salad
Cuisine retro recipes
Recipe by twochubbycubs at https://twochubbycubs.com/2022/01/18/fantasia-cocktail/