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Shaved Fennel, Mushroom and Parmesan Salad

Source of Recipe

Alice Waters


Recipe Introduction

A very tasty and striking salad - all white

List of Ingredients

2 small fennel bulbs
3 large white mushrooms
1/2 lemon
parmigiano-reggiano cheese
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper



Recipe

Wash and trim fennel bulbs- cut away feathery tops and root end.
Using a vegetable slicer or mandolin, slice the fennel as thinly as possible and scatter over a plate or platter.
Drizzle with 2 tbl of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Shave mushrooms into paper thin slices and scatter over fennel.
Season with more salt and pepper, a squeeze of lemon juice and the remaining olive oil.
With a cheese slicer or vegetable peeler, shave about 30 thin slivers of parmesan on top of the fennel and mushrooms.
Serve immediately.