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Authentic ¨Ensalada Valenciana¨ Salad from Valencia Spain

This Authentic ¨Ensalada Valenciana¨ Salad Recipe from Valencia Spain is super easy to make, has an amazing flavor and comes together in a jiffy.

Authentic ¨Ensalada Valenciana¨ Salad from Valencia Spain
Prep time
15 min
Cook time
15 min
Yield
4 servings
Difficulty
MEDIUM

Ingredients

Quantities are shown as originally provided.

  • 1 head romaine lettuce
  • 1/2 onion
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 4 white jarred asparagus
  • 15 green pimento stuffed spanish olives
  • 2 organic eggs
  • 2 tins Spanish tuna
  • pinch sea salt
  • pinch black pepper
  • 1/4 cup jarred corn
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  1. 1

    Add 2 medium sized organic eggs into a sauce pan, fill it with cold water to about 1 inch above the eggs, heat it with a high heat, once it comes to a boil place a lid on top and lower the fire to a low heat, after 9 minutes remove the pan from the heat, drain the water and rinse the eggs under cold running water, set aside to cool

  2. 2

    Remove the leaves from a head of romaine lettuce and stack them up, tightly roll the leaves together, kind of like a cigar, cut it right down the middle lengthwise and roughly chop the lettuce

  3. 3

    Rinse the cut lettuce under cold running water and pat dry with a dish cloth or use a salad spinner, add the cleaned lettuce into a large shallow bowl

  4. 4

    Thinly slice 1/2 of an onion and add on top of the lettuce, cut 2 tomatoes into wedges and add on top of the lettuce, grab between 15 to 20 green pimento stuffed Spanish olives and decorate around the salad, grab 4 jarred white asparagus and gently pat them dry with paper towels, add on top of the salad, season everything with fine sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper

  5. 5

    Drain the oil from 2 tins of Spanish tuna and add the tuna on top of the salad

  6. 6

    Peel the eggs and cut them in half lengthwise, add on top of the salad, sprinkle about a 1/4 cup of jarred corn over the salad and drizzle in about 2 tbsp of a good quality extra virgin olive oil, enjoy!

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