Denise's Spinach Salad
1980s · typewriter
20 min prep
saladspinachmushroomeggcroutonsdinner-partylayered
Ingredients
- 1.5 baby spinach, or young spinach; broken into bite-size pieces
- 2.mushrooms, fresh; thinly sliced
- 3.imitation bacon bits, optional
- 4.8 eggs, hard-boiled and sliced; about 8
- 5.croutons
- 6.185 millilitre caster sugar, use a little less if too sweet; for dressing
- 7.5 millilitre Worcestershire sauce, for dressing
- 8.63 millilitre tomato sauce, ketchup; for dressing
- 9.125 millilitre apple cider vinegar, for dressing
- 10.250 millilitre salad oil, for dressing
Method
- 1.Break spinach into bite-size pieces.
- 2.Choose a pretty glass bowl and layer the spinach, the sliced mushrooms, the bacon bits, the hardboiled eggs and the croutons. Repeat layers as many times as needed.
- 3.Make the dressing: beat the castor sugar, the worcestershire sauce, the tomato sauce and the vinegar together. Add the oil in a steady stream, beating all the while.
- 4.Pour the dressing over the salad just before serving.
Notes
- Recipe calls for a glass bowl to show off the layers. Pour dressing only at the point of serving.
- Imitation bacon bits keep this recipe suitable for those who do not eat pork.