Insalata Mista Recipe
This recipe for an easy insalata mista is perfect for every night, but especially with grilled meat, pasta, or soup.
Insalata mista is simply ‘mixed salad’ in Italian. During our recent trip to the Amalfi Coast and Tuscany, we enjoyed an insalata mista or an insalata verde (green salad) at just about every meal.
Fresh, crisp lettuce combined with fresh tomatoes, thinly sliced cucumbers, red onions, and carrots for a simple and refreshing salad. Adding olives, pepperoncini, shaved basil, ricotta salata, or shaved parmesan would add a little extra oomph to our salads.
The vinaigrette for insalata mista is traditionally just good-quality olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and freshly ground black pepper. It is a light and tangy dressing.
Insalata Mista is the perfect accompaniment to this Tuscan White Bean Soup. Just add a nice crusty bread and you have the perfect meal.
Let’s chat a little more about this Insalata Mista recipe.
what are the common ingredients in insalata mista
- The Greens Common green in Insalata Mista are a mix of romaine, arugula, curly endive, butterhead lettuce, and radicchio.
- Tomato
- Cucumber, thinly sliced
- Red Onion, thinly slice
- Carrots, shaved with a vegetable peeler or thinly sliced.
- Cheese Parmesan (shaved with a vegetable peeler) or Ricotta Salata (chunks or sliced)
- Red Wine Vinaigrette
- Pepperoncini (optional)
- Olives (optional)
- Fresh Basil Leaves (optional)
how to make insalata mista for a crowd
This recipe makes enough salad for four people. If you will be entertaining more, consider the following guideline to make sure that you have enough for everyone:
- Greens – 1 cup (2.5 ounces) per person
- Additional Vegetables – 1/2 cup (4 ounces) per person
- Dressing/Vinaigrette – 2 tablespoons per person
Insalata Mista Recipe
Recipe details
- 6 cups
- Prep time: 7 Minutes Cook time: 0 Minutes Total time: 7 min
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