Ingredients
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For the Yogurt:
- 1/3 cup plain yogurt
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 T fresh lemon juice
- ½ tsp dried basil
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp fresh ground pepper
For the Salad:
- 4–5 stalks celery
- 4 fresh figs
- 4 large romaine lettuce leaves
- ¼ cup toasted pecans, roughly chopped
- 2 oz parmesan
Instructions
- Make the dressing – mix yogurt, mayo, lemon juice, basil, salt and pepper together in small bowl, set aside. (If possible, make the dressing a few hours ahead of time to give the flavors a chance to meld.)
- Use a vegetable peeler to shave the toughest outer skin from the celery. Then thinly slice the shaved celery on mandolin or V-slicer. (Can use a knife if needed but slice as thin as possible.) Trim stem from the figs and sliced into quarters.
- Place a romaine leaf on each of four plates. Drizzle a little bit of the dressing on each leaf, then divide shaved celery among the four plates, mounding on the romaine leaves. Place 4 fig quarters around the rim of each plate.
- Drizzle remaining dressing equally over each mound of celery. Grate ½ oz parmesan onto of celery. (Grate with a microplane grater if possible). Sprinkle pecans around edge and serve.