Salad with tomatoes, peppers, olives, and ricotta balls
Description
The recipe won't take much time. This salad can be prepared as a standalone dinner or for a festive table. The result is a tasty, original, and healthy salad. If preparing for a festive occasion, you can serve it in individual portions in ramekins. Choose vegetables to your taste. Serve at the table.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Wash and dry the lettuce leaves, herbs, and vegetables.
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Step 2
Prepare the dressing. Combine olive oil, lemon juice, balsamic sauce, salt, and black pepper to taste. Mix well and let it steep.
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Step 3
Tear the lettuce leaves into small pieces. Add the onion cut into thin half-rings. Gently mix them together.
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Step 4
Remove seeds from sweet peppers, slice the flesh into thin strips, and place in a salad bowl.
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Step 5
Slice the fresh cucumbers into thin pieces and add them to the vegetables.
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Step 6
Slice the yellow tomatoes into thin wedges, cut the cherry tomatoes into 2-4 pieces. Add them to the salad bowl.
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Step 7
Add olives to the vegetables. You can add them whole or sliced into thin wedges.
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Step 8
Pour the reserved prepared dressing over the vegetables. Gently mix.
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Step 9
To the ricotta cheese, press in garlic using a garlic press, add salt and ground black pepper, and mix.
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Step 10
Finely chop the fresh parsley, shape the cheese mixture into balls, and roll them in the herbs.
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Step 11
Place the cheese balls on the salad! The dish is ready!