This hearty salad of mixed bitter greens with a warm mushroom vinaigrette is a hearty side salad very similar to a warm spinach salad with bacon.  Although a vegetarian version, the warm mushroom vinaigrette made with shallots, quality olive oil and sherry vinegar is just tangy taste that these bitter greens deserve.  Hailing from Food & Wine magazine, this salad is a lovely array of radicchio, escarole, Belgian endive and I added fresh chicory as well.  A hearty winter salad that is only made that much more crave-worthy with a final sprinkling of shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

 

(To view this recipe, click on the following link: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/warm-chicory-salad-with-mushrooms)

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