Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups fresh, firm cucumber (about 1/2 pound), peeled, seeded and cut into very thin strips
  • 4 scallions, cut to the same length as the cucumber sticks
  • 1 head curly endive or chicory, cored and cut into very fine shreds just before use
  • 1 1/2 cups peeled, seeded tomatoes, cut into very thin strips
  • 1 lemon rind, blanched and cut into very thin strips
  • 1 smoked chicken breast, skinned, boned and cut into very thin strips
  • 2 cups cooked lobster tail, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • Salt to taste, if desired
  • White pepper to taste
  • 6 ounces (3/4 cup) walnut-oil dressing (see recipe)
  • 1 pear, peeled, poached, cut into quarters and core removed
  • Corn-salad or field-salad (mache) leaves
  • 3/4 cup peeled, seeded and diced tomatoes

Method

  • Toss together the cucumber, scallions, curly endive or chicory, julienned tomatoes, lemon rind, chicken breast and lobster tail with the walnut-oil dressing.
  • Sprinkle with salt and white pepper to taste.
  • Divide among four small salad plates.
  • Arrange the pieces of pear around the plates.
  • Dip the corn-salad leaves in dressing.
  • Arrange the salad leaves and equal portions of the diced tomatoes symmetrically between the pear pieces.