Rocket Salad Recipes

SCRUMMY WARM ROCKET SALAD

Steps:

• Warm salads can be blooming amazing or a complete disaster. First, you have got to get your hungry guests around the table before you plate up, so as soon as their bums are on the chairs, you are tossing the warm ingredients in with the rocket leaves. Boom, boom, boom on a plate and it's in front of them.
• Peel, halve and quarter 2 medium red onions, then quarter again, to give you 8 pieces from each onion. Heat a frying pan and fry off 8 whole rashers of pancetta or smoked streaky bacon until crisp. Remove, add a couple of lugs of olive oil to the pan, and add 4 sprigs of thyme, the onions and a good handful of pine nuts with a tiny pinch of salt. Toss around and fry on a medium heat for about 5 minutes until caramelized and sweet (not black!).
• Put your pancetta or bacon back into the pan, toss around, then throw everything into a salad bowl with 4 big handfuls of rocket or any nice salad leaves. Drizzle generously with balsamic vinegar - this will make a natural dressing as it mixes with the olive oil. Serve with some shaved Parmesan over the top - you can use a potato peeler to do this. Munch away.

WARM ROCKET SALAD

Steps:

• Peel, halve, and quarter the onions then quarter again, to give you 8 pieces from each onion. Heat a frying pan and fry off the rashers of pancetta until crisp. Add a couple of lugs of olive oil to the pan, and add the sprigs of thyme, the onions, and pine nuts with a pinch of salt. Toss around and fry on a medium heat for about 5 minutes until caramelized and sweet (not black!).
• Then, throw everything into a salad bowl with the rocket or any nice salad leaves. Drizzle generously with balsamic vinegar, this will make a natural dressing as it mixes with the olive oil. Serve with some shaved Parmesan over the top, you can use a potato peeler to do this. Munch away.

QUICK ROCKET SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the olive oil and balsamic vinegar in a large bowl. Add the cucumber, tomatoes, arugula, and alfalfa sprouts; toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.

ARUGULA (ROCKET) SALAD

Steps:

• get some fresh rocket leaves and place in a salad bowl.
• mix together very small quantities of finest quality ex virgin olive oil and the oldest balsamic you can afford.
• shake well and pour just enough over the salad to moisten the leaves and work through with your hands.
• slice, very thinly some fresh parmesan reggiano on top-enjoy-this is heaven.

PINEAPPLE ROCKET SALAD

Steps:

• Mix arugula, pineapple, red onion, and cilantro in a salad bowl. Whisk apple cider vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, and salt in a small bowl; pour dressing over salad and toss to coat.

WILD ROCKET (ARUGULA) AND PARMESAN SALAD

Steps:

• Toss arugula and cilantro together in a large salad bowl. Drizzle arugula mixture with lemon juice, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes and black pepper; toss salad again. If desired, add more lemon juice, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, red pepper flakes, and black pepper to taste.
• Sprinkle salad with Parmesan cheese shavings and toss again to serve.

TANGY FENNEL & ROCKET SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the lemon juice and oil, then season well. Just before serving, toss through the fennel, rocket, onion and lemon zest. Pile up in a serving platter and eat straight away.