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     Title: French Green Salad With Basil Shiitake
Categories: Thanksgiving, Salads
  Servings: 5
 
      1 lg Butter lettuce
      3 c  Spinach leaves
  4 1/2 tb Extra-virgin olive oil
    1/2 tb Lemon juice
      1 cl Garlic; pressed
    1/2 ts Dijon-style mustard
           Seasoned salt (optional)
      2 c  Shiitake mushrooms; sliced
    1/4 c  Fresh basil leaves
      1 ds Sea salt (optional)
 
  Wash and thoroughly dry the lettuce and spinach. In large salad
  bowl, use a wire whisk to whip 4 tb olive oil, lemon juice, garlic,
  mustard, and seasoned salt to taste until thick and yellow. Set
  aside.

  Place remaining 1/2 tb oil and shiitake in a skillet. Saute,
  stirring to prevent scorching, then add any reserved shiitake
  soaking water as 20 to 30 minutes.

  Tear lettuce and spinach into bite-size pieces, into dressing salad
  bowl, removing heavy center stalks from lettuce. Toss well. Serve
  on individual plates with a large spoonful of basil shiitake as a
  topping.
 
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