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    You are here: Home » Meal Type » 30 Minute Meals » Autumn Crunch Butter Lettuce Salad

    Autumn Crunch Butter Lettuce Salad

    October 12, 2018 By Danielle Esposti 9 Comments

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    A tossed green salad of butter lettuce, radicchio, fennel, and radishes in a large white bowl with parmesan cheese and champagne vinaigrette on the side.

    This Autumn Crunch Butter Lettuce Salad is simply delightful. Butter lettuce, radicchio, fennel, and radishes are a peppery and slightly sweet combination, topped with parmesan cheese for a creamy, salty finish. This simple tossed green salad comes together in minutes and is the perfect addition to your fall dinner table. Easy enough for weeknights, elegant enough for a more extravagant holiday dinner. 

    A tossed green salad of butter lettuce, radicchio, fennel, and radishes in a large white bowl with parmesan cheese and champagne vinaigrette on the side.
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    A well balanced tossed green salad gives me all the feels – both culinary and nostalgic.

    I grew up eating a tossed green salad with dinner every single night. My parents or grandparents would pull fresh lettuces, tomatoes, and cucumbers from the garden and drench them with homemade red wine vinaigrette.

    Naturally I declined the offering as a child, but by the time I was a young adult I had latched onto the salad-with-dinner tradition with gusto. It’s a simple, elegant end to a meal (we rocked our salad after the meal, Italian-style) and the perfect fast and easy way to fit just a few more veggies into the day.

    Several small plates of butter lettuce and radicchios salad with fennel, radish, and parmesan cheese.

    These days I still serve salad after the meal, but the variety of greens that grace our plates has vastly expanded to include bitter greens in the winter, heirloom greens in the summer, and everything in between. This sweet and peppery autumnal butter lettuce salad is my current obsession.

    Red butter lettuce, radicchio, fennel, and radishes get tossed with a mustard champagne vinaigrette and dusted with just a touch of parmesan cheese. It’s a little bit fancy. A lotta bit tasty. Satisfyingly crunchy. And so easy.

    How to Make This Butter Lettuce Salad

    Say hello to your newest crunchy companion. This autumn crunch butter lettuce salad is peppery, a little sweet, and of course packed with the most satisfying crunch.

    Butter lettuce leaves on a cutting board; chopped radicchio on a cutting board.

    You’ll need a head of butter lettuce and a head of radicchio. Chop both to your desired size, and make sure you wash and thoroughly dry the leaves.

    Chopped butter lettuce in a salad spinner.
    Thinly sliced fennel and thinly sliced radishes on a cutting board; fall butter lettuce salad ingredients in a bowl.

    Toss the salad base with some very thinly sliced fennel and radishes. A vegetable mandoline is quite useful here.

    A tossed green salad in a bowl with butter lettuce, radicchio, fennel, and radishes.

    And now we toss. Add a little seasoning, vinaigrette to taste, and some shaved parmesan cheese.

    SO DELIGHTFUL.

    This salad comes together in five, maybe ten minutes tops. Undressed it keeps quite well in the fridge, and I’ve been crunching on it for a few days now. Serve it with dinner, add a bit of protein for a packed lunch, or offer it up as part of a feast, like Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a colorful, seasonal addition to any fall dinner table.

    Several plates of butter lettuce salad with radicchio, fennel, radishes, and parmesan cheese with champagne vinaigrette.

    Did you make this Autumn Crunch Butter Lettuce Salad? I’d love to know how it turned out! Leave a comment and a rating below.

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    Butter lettuce and radicchio tossed salad on a small white plate drizzled with champagne vinaigrette.

    Autumn Crunch Butter Lettuce Salad

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    Say hello to your newest crunchy companion. This autumn crunch butter lettuce salad is peppery, a little sweet, and of course packed with the most satisfying crunch.
    Prep Time: 10 mins
    Servings : 6
    Calories: 211

    Recommended Equipment

    • Mandoline
    • Colander

    Ingredients

    Autumn Butter Lettuce Salad

    • 1 head butter lettuce, chopped, washed, and dried
    • 1 small head radicchio, quartered, cored, and sliced
    • 1 bulb fennel, bulb only, thinly sliced
    • 6 radishes, thinly sliced
    • 2 oz shaved parmesan cheese
    • cracked black pepper, to taste

    Champagne Vinaigrette

    • ¼ c champagne vinegar
    • ½ c extra virgin olive oil
    • 2 tsp whole grain mustard
    • 2 tsp honey
    • ¼ tsp sea or kosher salt

    Instructions

    • In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, mustard, honey, and salt. Slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil and whisk until emulsified. Taste for seasoning and add additional salt or honey until the dressing tastes balanced.
    • Chop the lettuce and radicchio. Place into a colander and rinse throughly under cold running water. Dry in a salad spinner.
    • Thinly slice the fennel and radishes using a sharp knife or vegetable mandoline.
    • Toss the chopped lettuce and radicchio with the fennel and radishes. 
    • Portion the salad onto side plates and season with cracked black pepper to taste. Drizzle with dressing to taste, then top with parmesan cheese. Serve immediately. This salad keeps undressed in the fridge for up to 3 days. To preserve crunchiness, store in a loosely covered container layered with pieces of paper towel to absorb moisture. 

    Nutrition Information

    Calories: 211kcal (11%), Carbohydrates: 7g (2%), Protein: 3g (6%), Fat: 20g (31%), Saturated Fat: 3g (15%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 14g, Trans Fat: 0g, Cholesterol: 4mg (1%), Sodium: 176mg (7%), Potassium: 214mg (6%), Fiber: 2g (8%), Sugar: 4g (4%), Vitamin A: 1450% (1450%), Vitamin C: 9.9% (10%), Calcium: 80% (80%), Iron: 0.7% (1%)
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    Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, Appetizers, Fall Recipes, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Salads, Vegetarian, Winter Recipes

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    1. Heidi

      November 23, 2021 at 2:03 pm

      This is such a delicious salad; our guests raved about it. I didn’t use fennel, but did add dried cranberries for a fall touch. Making it again for Thanksgiving! It’s definitely a keeper.

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