In the Kitchen: Local Raw Dirty Vegetable Salad

In support of the community through impactful partnerships, Citizens Bank has chosen to collaborate with the Bushnell Theater for their PARTNERS program which has educated, motivated, and stimulated the minds of more than 100,000 Connecticut children using the creative arts as their tool.

Yolande Spears, Vice President of Education & Community Relations for the Bushness invites everyone to attend the annual Ovations Gala taking place on March 23 ^rd, 2013.  This year marks the PARTNER’s program’s 20 ^th Anniversary and the Bushnell will host its annual Ovations Gala to commemorate this special occasion and to aid their efforts to support the theater’s educational mission.

This year’s gala theme recalls the mod style of the 1960’s “Jet Set” which was so aptly captured in the Broadway production of “Catch Me If You Can” (also playing at the Bushnell May 28 ^th through June 2 ^nd) and will feature a plated dinner catered by Max Downtown on the Mortensen Stage, silent and live auctions, as well as dancing and dessert.

Chef Hunter Morton, of Max Downtown, was also in the kitchen to demonstrate his recipe for a Local Raw Dirty Vegetable Salad.

Local Raw Dirty Vegetable Salad

Ingredients:

1 ea chioga beet, shaved thin

1 ea carrot, shaved thin

1 ea watermelon radish, shaved thin

1 ea hakeri turnip, shaved thin

8 ea Brussels sprouts, shaved thin

1 Tablespoon, grated truffle, optional

2 T grated hard cheese, manchego, or midnight moon, optional

Handful of mache, or arugula

Sea salt

Fresh cracked pepper

Vinaigrette

2T champagne vinegar

1t Lemon juice

2T extra virgin olive oil

1T olive oil

1T truffle oil

Salt and pepper

Directions:

To make vinaigrette- in a small bowl, whisk together, vinegar, lemon juice and oil to emulsify, season to taste with salt and pepper

Using a mandolin or other vegetable slicer, slice all vegetables paper thin.

Toss all vegetables in a bowl, season with salt and pepper,

Drizzle with vinaigrette, arrange on a platter.

Top with greesn, truffles, cheese.