Radish salad

Crispy and tasty, radish salad is perfect if you are looking for a light side dish ready in a few minutes.

With their bright color and beautiful shape, radishes can be found at different times of the year but are in season in spring and summer . The simplest way to appreciate its crunchiness and particular flavor is to make radish salad. Of course it's easy to say salad.

Enjoyed alone and seasoned with oil, salt and vinegar or included in a mixed salad with lettuce and other vegetables, they are still excellent. The cut also greatly influences the final result: sliced ​​they are excellent on their own while julienned they go well with salads, allowing you to savor different flavors and textures in a single forkful. What not everyone knows is that radish leaves can also be consumed: washed well, they should be added to salads or transformed into a delicious pesto .

How to make radish salad recipe

1. First, remove the leaves and wash them with water and bicarbonate of soda and then rinse them with water only.
2. Then clean the radishes by removing the root and the part where the leaves were attached and rinse thoroughly to remove any residual soil. Soak the radishes in cold water for at least 5 minutes so that they become crispier.
3. Then cut them into 2 mm thick slices using a sharp knife or a mandolin.
4. Combine the radish leaves if you like them and the root in a bowl and season everything with vinegar, oil and salt.

You can also use lettuce instead of radish leaves, whose flavor not everyone likes. You can also add other vegetables such as julienned carrots or diced cucumbers.

Conservation

We advise you to prepare and enjoy the radish salad at the moment because they tend to lose their crunchiness.

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