Part of Caroline C. Shea's article on salads in Good Housekeeping, this cold platter arrangement pairs Neufchâtel or cream cheese slices with halved hard-boiled eggs set inside beds of lettuce. The recipe is open-ended as to quantity and directs the maker to finish the dish with any of the dressings provided earlier in the piece.
Egg and Cheese Salad
Make as many nests of lettuce as you wish to serve, on a platter, place in each a thick slice of cream (Neufchatel) cheese, make a dent in each with the bowl of a spoon, and set into it a half of a hard boiled egg. Use any one of the above dressings, as you may desire.
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Recipe
Ingredients
lettuce, formed into nests
slice cream cheese, thickly sliced
1/2 egg, hard-boiled, halved
salad dressing
Directions
Arrange nests of lettuce on a platter according to the desired number of servings. Place a thick slice of cream (Neufchâtel) cheese into each nest. Make an indentation in the center of each cheese slice using the bowl of a spoon, and rest half of a hard-boiled egg in each hollow. Dress with any preferred salad dressing from the preceding recipes.
Item type
recipe
Yield
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Timing
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Temperature
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Equipment
platter; spoon
Names & connections
Saladstopic · article category
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Salads by Caroline C. Shea
Salads
By CAROLINE C. SHEA
In treating of salads the more common kinds will be avoided, as every cook book contains full directions ; as will also recipes for mayonnaise dressing, as every cook has her own, or buys some one of the many manufactured varieties.
In making a salad, everything used should be perfectly fresh and cold. A salad is something which should appear at least once a day on every table.