Coleslaw is yet another dish that has been lost to the fast food industry, but it is one of the simplest and easiest salads to make. Better yet, it keeps well refrigerated, makes a delicious healthy snack, great on buttered fresh bread with some cold meat or poultry.
Pre-COVID-19 it did have something of a renaissance in the restaurant and burger trade, but it was mainly just a step away from the supermarket/take-away version and rarely made with good mayonnaise.
The slaw will weep a little over a couple of days, use paper towel to mop it up.
Like all good mayonnaise-based salads, it starts with decent, freshly made mayonnaise.
below…you may not have pickled or dried cherries to make this beautiful salad in winter but it is also delicious mad with lightly reconstituted Satsuma or Mariposa plums.
a 1 egg batch of whole egg mayonnaise lemon or lime click here for the recipe
1/2 a small firm white cabbage, finely shredded
100g p/w shallot or red onion
approximately
500g p/w carrot, coarsely grated…optional
2 apples or pears, apples peeled, pears not peeled and coarsely grated
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
parsley, mint and tarragon [or whatever you fancy or have to hand], stalked and finely chopped
Mix everything together and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.
cook’s notes
Feel free to add and subtract. I love black seeded and halved grapes, but only add them at the last minute.
Please of course you can use red cabbage but I prefer and oil and acid dressing to red cabbage slaw
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