Salads

This Gordon Ramsay potato salad is made with new potatoes, blanched cauliflower and green beans in a sharp turmeric and mustard dressing, ready in 25 minutes. No mayonnaise anywhere near it. Ramsay builds his as a piccalilli-style salad: warm spice, vinegar bite and crunchy vegetables. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay calls this his “New Potato …

Gordon Ramsay’s caprese salad is thick slices of ripe tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella with torn basil, a drizzle of aged balsamic and extra virgin olive oil, ready in 5 minutes. Ramsay does not publish a caprese salad by name, but his Marinated Mozzarella recipe in Fast Food shows exactly how he handles the key ingredient. …

Gordon Ramsay’s beetroot salad combines raw candy beetroot with roasted beetroot, whipped goat’s cheese, toasted hazelnuts and a balsamic dressing, ready in about 40 minutes. In Quick and Delicious, Ramsay calls this his “Beetroot Salad with Whipped Goat’s Cheese” and describes how a striped candy beetroot “transforms this salad from a nice-looking dish to a …

Gordon Ramsay’s rocket salad is peppery wild rocket with chicory, radicchio, toasted walnuts, Parmesan shavings and a punchy lemon and garlic dressing, ready in 10 minutes. In Fast Food, Ramsay calls this his “Italian Leafy Salad with Walnut Dressing” and builds the dressing using a mortar and pestle: he coarsely grinds toasted walnuts together with …

Gordon Ramsay’s broccoli salad is chargrilled broccoli florets with nutty bulgur wheat, fresh mint and a spiced yoghurt dressing, ready in about 25 minutes for around £1.20 per serving. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay calls this his “Chargrilled Broccoli and Bulgur Salad” and pairs it alongside aromatic lamb cutlets with minty yoghurt. The technique that …

Gordon Ramsay’s caesar salad recipe is crisp romaine with a proper anchovy and egg yolk dressing, Parmesan croutons and shaved cheese, ready in about 20 minutes. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay shares two small details I have not found on a single competitor page. He grates Parmesan directly onto the croutons while they are still …

Gordon Ramsay’s tuna niçoise salad is made with tinned tuna, new potatoes, crisp green beans, seven-minute eggs, olives and anchovies in a classic Dijon vinaigrette, ready in about 30 minutes. Most recipe sites sear fresh tuna for their niçoise, but Ramsay goes the opposite direction. In Ultimate Home Cooking he writes that he thinks this …

Gordon Ramsay’s chicken salad recipe is tender poached chicken with crisp celery, spring onions, tarragon and a Dijon mustard and lemon dressing, ready in about 25 minutes for around £1.80 per serving. Ramsay does not publish this exact recipe in any of his cookbooks, but every element comes from his techniques. His Leftover Roast Chicken …

Gordon Ramsay’s orzo pasta salad is al dente orzo boiled with a bay leaf, tossed with toasted pine nuts, fresh rocket and basil, and finished with a Parmesan and lemon dressing, ready in about 15 minutes for around £1.50 per serving. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay describes orzo as looking “like barley, but actually made …

Gordon Ramsay’s coleslaw recipe is crisp, finely shredded red and white cabbage with fresh chives in a light yoghurt and wholegrain mustard dressing, ready in 10 minutes for about 80p per serving. This is not heavy American coleslaw: it cuts through rich food instead of sitting on top of it. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay …