Composed salad

A composed salad is a salad which is arranged, rather than tossed together. This salad can take a number of forms, from a tower of fresh greens to an artfully arranged sunburst of color on a plate.

Composed Salad - A salad of artful arrangement as opposed to tossing all the ingredients together.
Compote - A chilled sauce or condiment of fresh or dried fruit in a syrup.

A pork roast that was Tuesday's special can become the top-selling composed salad on Wednesday and Thursday after the garde manger chef turns it into a scrumptious pate, perhaps studded with pistachios and a little duck fat. See Brigade system.

salade composèe, a composed salad; salade de mesclun, a salad of lettuce, dandelion, chicory, watercress, herbs and rocket; salade niçoise, a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, olives, anchovies, tuna fish, bell peppers, hard-boiled eggs, ...

See also: Salad, Cooking, Vegetable, Cheese, Dress