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So instead of ice-cold, tasteless lettuce with goopy, gluten injected dressing how about grilled romaine and endive wedges with balsamic syrup and olive oil topped with a crumbling of goat cheese?
If you have never grilled lettuce you are in for a treat. The grilling brings a little sweetness to lettuces that are normally bitter such as radicchio and Belgium endive.
This is a great side dish for a barbeque and wonderful for entertaining as it can sit. Paired with my eggplant lasagna this makes a super easy dinner for a casual party.
To make this salad I use my favorite cooking vessel – my grill pan. But you can just as easily do this on the grill or even a skillet. You’ll get all that yummy flavor just not those pretty grill marks.
If you are making this salad on a barbeque then cut the onions in quarters for grilling and slice thinner after they are done – otherwise they will fall through the grill.
I could not get my hands on any radicchio this time but I usually add it as it adds a nice splash of color. If you have some just treat as you do the other lettuces.
The goat cheese is optional so if you don’t do dairy, no worries – leave it out.
Gluten Free Grilled Lettuce Salad Recipe
Ingredients
½ cup balsamic vinegar
2 heads Romaine lettuce hearts washed and completely dried
2 heads white Belgium endive
1 onion
Olive oil
Kosher or Sea Salt
Coarsely ground pepper
4 ounces goat cheese – crumbled
Directions
Make balsamic syrup by pouring the balsamic vinegar into a small heavy sauce pan and boil over high heat until thick and syrupy and reduced by about half – about 10 minutes.
Heat a grill pan or barbeque to medium high heat.
Leaving the bottoms attached cut the Romaine lettuce hearts and Belgium endives into quarters vertically. Cut the onion in half vertically. Cut each half into 6 vertical slices.
Brush lettuce and endive quarters with olive oil. Toss onion slices with olive oil.
Grill lettuce quarters about 1 -2 minutes on each side. You want them to start to brown but not get too soft. Remove to a platter. Do the same with the endive but depending on their size this make take a minute or two longer on each side. Add to platter with the romaine.
Grill onion slices until browned and soft – about 5 minutes. Scatter over the lettuce and endive quarters.
Drizzle the balsamic syrup over the lettuce, endive and onions. Drizzle on some olive oil, season with salt and pepper and add the crumbled goat cheese.
Servings
This Gluten Free Recipe Serves 6 – 8 People.
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Gorgeous salad Carol…the caramelised flavours are just divine when done like this.
I didn’t know you could grill lettuce. I mean I guess I knew it was possible just not normal. Sounds real interesting, I’d love to see a picture of it! Maybe I’ll just go try it for myself. Interesting recipe.
- The Peanut Butter Boy
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This salad looks so nice. I saw a grilled lettuce recipe in one of my cookbooks but never tried it. I’ve grilles escarole but never lettuce. Can’t get enough goat cheese, yummy. Thanks for stopping by my blog the other day, much appreciated :)
I totally agree with you about the iceberg, the only thing it is good for is adding texture – not flavour or nutritional value. I love grilling lettuce, it just comes alive! Your version looks delicious.
Gosh this looks good!!!! We’ll have to make this for Bourdain when he comes to dinner! (still keeping our fingers crossed).
I had to check out your eggplant lasagna again. I love it!
That looks delicious, and impressive!
This does look delicious! I have been dying to get the grill going again.
Sheltie Girl @ Gluten A Go Go
Yum!!! romaine is my favorite! We have GOT to get a gas grill for quick grilling!! Gotta try this Carol!!
that balsamic syrup can make anything taste better! gorgeous!
This really sounds lovely, I’ll certainly have to try it for myself.
I cannot remember when last Have I craved grilled veggies at 11pm ….looks delicious and healthy.
beautiful food and photos! i will definitely be passing your blog along to my friends with gluten allergies and/or celiac disease. yum.
Delicious! I love grilled radicchio, so I’m guessing I will love this, too.
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