Columbia’s 1905 Salad

  • Makes 2 full salads or 4 side salads.
    Ingredients
    4 cups iceberg lettuce, broken into 1 ½” × 1 ½” pieces
    1 ripe tomato, cut into eighths
    ½ cup baked ham, julienned 2″ × ⅛” (may substitute turkey or shrimp)
    ½ cup Swiss cheese, julienne 2″ × ⅛” strips
    ½ cup pimiento-stuffed green Spanish olives
    2 cups “1905” Dressing (see recipe below)
    ¼ cup grated Romano cheese
    2 tablespoons Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce®
    1 lemon

Salad Preparation
Combine lettuce, tomato, ham, Swiss cheese and olives in a large salad bowl. Before serving, add Dressing, Romano cheese, Worcestershire and the juice of 1 lemon. Toss well and serve immediately.

Dressing
Mix ½ cup extra-virgin Spanish olive oil, 4 cloves minced garlic, and 2 teaspoons dried oregano in a bowl with a wire whisk. Stir in ⅛ cup white wine vinegar, gradually beating to form an emulsion, and then season with salt and pepper to taste. For best results, prepare 1 to 2 days in advance and refrigerate

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