RSSCarrot Salad | Salade de Carottes Râpées
December 1st, 2009 by Dawn, Co-founder of Rouxbe
This carrot salad is a classic in France. I still remember the first time I had it, which was many years ago. I remember thinking “wow, how can just a plain old carrots taste so good?”
Recently, I was reminded once again of how delicious this salad is. I have to say, it is every bit as good as I remembered it! The simple vinaigrette consists of lemon juice, olive oil, sugar and seasoning…that’s it!
I had to use the medium blade on my grater, as the small blade was way too fine. I actually tried every grater in the house (and I have many), but none of them gave me the grate I was looking for.
The picture of grated carrots above is more like what you are looking for. The picture is from David Lebovitz – his post, about this same salad, is really great and worth the read.
Give this salad a try. I am sure you will be surprised at just how delicious it is. I like to serve it with roast chicken, as the vinaigrette sort of acts like a sauce for the chicken as well. I also read that some people even put this salad on sandwiches. I’ll have to give that a try.
Here is the detailed Carrot Salad | Salade de Carottes Râpées Recipe.
ciao for now
dawn
I love this! I used to eat it pretty much every day when I lived in Paris! Can’t wait to get back there this Christmas so I can get some more! (though it IS so easy to make…)
My grandmother made this for me when I was little… Awe, can’t wait to try to make this myself.. Miss you grandmaw!
You made my day! When I got the recipe this morning, I originally thought – how boring. How WRONG was I… I just love simple things that taste this good. Using organic carrots and parsley with the fresh lemon juice and a bit of champagne vinegar I was in heaven. What a winner of a healthy side dish that is ready in a few minutes. I didn’t have the correct size of grater either and think that would make it even better. Maybe I need a good food processor – to which my husband commented, “This will end up being a five hundred dollar salad”. Thanks so much, Dawn. You brought some sunshine into an otherwise rather dull day!!