Salads

Gordon Ramsay’s watermelon feta salad is chunky watermelon with crumbled feta, toasted pecans, cucumber, fresh mint and a dusting of sumac, dressed with lemon juice and olive oil, ready in 5 minutes. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay warns not to assemble this ahead of time because “the salty cheese and nuts will draw the moisture …

Gordon Ramsay’s chopped salad is shredded romaine and chicory with red peppers, chickpeas, Edam cheese and salami in a sherry vinegar and Worcestershire sauce dressing, ready in 15 minutes. It feeds six to eight. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay builds it in layers. Shallots and tomatoes get seasoned and oiled first, sitting while you make …

Gordon Ramsay’s soba noodle salad is buckwheat noodles with blanched kale, sugarsnap peas and carrot ribbons in a sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce and lemon dressing, ready in 10 minutes for around £1.40 per serving. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay calls the dressing “a kind of Japanese vinaigrette” and gives ranges rather than fixed …

Gordon Ramsay’s quinoa salad is fluffy quinoa with toasted almonds, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, raisins and fresh mint, dressed with lime juice and olive oil, ready in 20 minutes. This is what he serves at Bread Street Kitchen. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay calls quinoa “a slightly nutty grain that makes a great alternative to couscous, …

Gordon Ramsay’s spicy beef salad is seared medium-rare sirloin with carrot ribbons, radishes, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and baby gem in a Thai dressing of garlic, chilli, palm sugar, fish sauce and lime, ready in 15 minutes for around £3.50 per serving. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay says he “fell in love with this simple dressing …

This Gordon Ramsay butter bean salad mixes tinned butter beans with crispy fried pitta, radishes, cucumber, tomatoes, pomegranate seeds and handfuls of fresh mint and parsley, all dressed with sumac and lemon. It takes about 10 minutes and is closer to a Lebanese fattoush than anything you would normally call a bean salad. In Ultimate …

Gordon Ramsay’s green bean salad is crunchy blanched beans with toasted flaked almonds in a roasted garlic, Dijon mustard and honey dressing, ready in 35 minutes for around £1.50 per serving. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay calls this his “Green Bean Salad with Mustard Dressing” and pairs it with grilled meat or fish. The roasted …

This Gordon Ramsay salad dressing is a classic vinaigrette made with olive oil, groundnut oil, Dijon mustard, lemon juice and white wine vinegar, whisked together in under two minutes. The secret is that Ramsay cuts the olive oil with groundnut oil so it is lighter and less cloying. Across three cookbooks, Ramsay returns to the …

This Gordon Ramsay sweet potato salad pairs griddled sweet potato rounds with tangerine segments, bitter frisée and a citrus vinaigrette, ready in 20 minutes. Ramsay boils first then chars on a hot griddle, giving you a creamy centre with smoky edges. In Fast Food, Ramsay calls this his “Tangerine, Frisée and Sweet Potato Salad” and …

This Gordon Ramsay mackerel and potato salad pairs grilled mackerel with warm new potatoes dressed in crème fraîche, capers and dill, ready in 25 minutes. The oily richness of mackerel works even better with the sharp creamy dressing than the salmon in Ramsay’s original. In Quick and Delicious, Ramsay serves this potato salad with pan-fried …