I’m a great fan of the chopped salad. It’s all about the variety of the ingredients that you add and I like the way everything is a uniform size. It’s pleasingly American – like chopped liver, it says what it is.
400g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 iceberg lettuce, chopped
½ romaine lettuce, chopped
120g/4½oz Italian salami, cut into thin strips roughly 5cm/1¾in long
200g/7oz mozzarella, roughly chopped
3 tomatoes, roughly chopped
½ cucumber, roughly chopped
small handful basil leaves, finely chopped
flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
½ tsp mustard powder
½ tsp caster sugar
