Emmental salad

Name: Emmental salad
Ingredients: 250 g small cabbage (half); 2 medium carrots (200 g); 5 green onions (75 g); 1 cucumber (300 g); 1 red bell pepper (150 g); 300 g cherry tomatoes; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper; 30 ml olive oil; 15 ml balsamic vinegar; 200 g Emmental; 1 crusty baguette

Salad - Emmental salad by Sabina C. - Recipia

Well-dried vegetables keep the Emmental salad crisp, even after its 30 minutes in the fridge. This raw vegetable salad brings cabbage, carrot, pepper, tomatoes and cucumber together in a simple bowl, with the cheese added at the end. I cut the Emmental into cubes about a centimeter across, rather than grating it. Preparation: 20 minutes. Cooking: 0 minutes. Rest: 30 minutes. Total time: 50 minutes. Serves: 4. Approximately 315 kcal and 17 g protein per serving.

Ingredients

250 g small cabbage (half)
2 medium carrots (200 g)
5 green onions (75 g)
1 cucumber (300 g)
1 red bell pepper (150 g)
300 g cherry tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
30 ml olive oil
15 ml balsamic vinegar
200 g Emmental
1 crusty baguette

Preparation

1. Wash the vegetables and pat them dry with a paper towel. 2. Cut the cabbage, carrots and pepper into julienne strips. Halve the cherry tomatoes, dice the cucumber and slice the green onions into rounds. The cucumber cubes stay crisp. 3. Put the vegetables in a bowl. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar. Toss until the vegetables have a light sheen. 4. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the salad for 30 minutes. 5. Cut the Emmental into cubes and add it just before serving. Serve with crusty baguette.

Notes

For older cabbage with thick ribs, cut it as finely as possible; wide strips stay tough in a cold salad. For cubes that hold their shape, choose firm Emmental, not a very soft one; cașcaval, a Romanian cheese, can replace it in the same amount, 200 g. Very ripe cherry tomatoes release more juice, so cut them just before mixing. For large cucumbers with lots of soft seeds, scoop out the center before dicing. The salad keeps covered in the fridge for up to one day, since raw vegetables release water. Serve the crusty baguette on the side, not in the bowl, so it doesn't go soft. Emmental and cașcaval contain dairy.