Celery And Almond Salad Recipe

Ingredients for Celery And Almond Salad

• 1 cup melted vegetable shortening
• 1 yolk of egg
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 head celery
• ½ cup blanched almonds
• 1 crisp lettuce
• Few drops green color
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon mustard
• Red pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Melt and cool vegetable shortening.
2. Prepare celery and cut into very thin strips and plunge in ice water until wanted.
3. Blanch and shred almonds; wash and dry lettuce leaves.
4. Put yolk of egg into bowl, add mustard, salt, and red pepper and mix well with wooden spoon.
5. Add sugar, teaspoon lemon juice, teaspoon vinegar; beat in vegetable shortening gradually.
6. Remove spoon and beat with egg beater five minutes, then beat in rest of lemon juice and vinegar.
7. Add more seasonings if needed and enough green color to make it look pretty.
8. Dry celery and mix with almonds, then toss them into dressing.
9. Serve on lettuce leaves.