Cabbage Salad with Gherkins and Capers

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Cabbage Salad with Gherkins and  Capers

 

1/3 cup olive oil

1/3 cup sunflower or other neutral oil

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

10 sweet gherkins, diced

1 shallot, diced

1 bunch fresh chives, diced

1 tablespoon capers

1 white or green cabbage, sliced into thin ribbons

salt and pepper

 

In a mixing bowl, beat mayo with the mustard. Beginning with the neutral oil,

gradually add, 1 teaspoon at a time, until about 1/2 of it has been

incorporated.

Once 1/2 the neutral oil is incorporated, whisk in the vinegar, then the

remaining olive oil in a slow stream.

Stir the gherkins, shallot, chives, and capers into the mayo mystard mixture.

Season with salt and pepper to taste, then toss with the cabbage.

Serves 6 ti 8.