Master the art of the classic French Salade Composée with this authentic recipe from Escoffier’s ‘Le Guide Culinaire’. In this final episode of our French salad series, we break down the elegant Salade Saint-Jean, a beautiful vegetable medley dressed in a tangy, acidulated mayonnaise. Learn the techniques to perfectly balance flavors and create a stunning dish worthy of a Parisian bistro.
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** timestamps **
00:00 – Introduction & The Escoffier Guide
00:44 – What is a Salade Composée? (Book explanation)
02:07 – Examples of Classic Salades Composées (Nicoise, etc.)
06:32 – Ingredients for Salade Saint-Jean
09:31 – How to Prep the Artichoke
13:40 – Prepping the Vegetables (Cutting)
18:19 – Cooking the vegetables
10:11 – Weighing the Ingredients for Balance
21:31 – Making the Acidulated Mayonnaise
22:10 – Mixing the Salad
23:57 – Plating the Salad (First Iteration)
25:40 – Revised Plating & Final Presentation
26:20 – Tasting and Final Thoughts
Learning to make a salade composée the Escoffier way is a true lesson in French cooking fundamentals. This Salade Saint-Jean recipe is a perfect example of a composed salad, where each ingredient is carefully prepared and arranged. We cover essential techniques like blanching vegetables, preparing an artichoke heart, and making a classic mayonnaise dressing. Whether you’re familiar with Salade Niçoise or Salade Lyonnaise, this vegetable-forward dish will elevate your understanding of classic French salads. Follow along to master this delicious and elegant recipe from the king of chefs, Auguste Escoffier.
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Last week video on rice salad: https://youtu.be/FbfJ5LdP5jI
Other salade composée tutorial:
Authentic Niçoise salad: https://youtu.be/rf4Te0TH0ck?si=stvCNORmMVhOs8Ba
Salade Lyonnaise: https://youtu.be/2n38O9VF7to?si=jdf77n1Kz4F1SvnN
Escoffier salad platter: https://youtu.be/eNvE9rDPacc?si=QwDS4ogM1GEV6ja_
Salade piemontaise: https://youtu.be/MvMpSsSV6LI?si=lkbuUTrxjNcaJ3ta
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20 Comments
xplore the other salads through the video link in the description, and tell me—what’s your favorite salade composée (composed salad)?😋
Yuck!
This looks lovely! I’m excited to try this one! 😊
I have always understood the "hair" in the artichoke to be the choke, as the hairs will choke you if you eat them.
Inspiring series.
That looks great!
How do I get my hands on the English version of Escoffiers book?
Thank you for teaching a humble home cook how to prepare world class food on YT Culinary University! God bless you dear!
Great video—my fav in the series was the rice salad—Latino to the end 😂
Compound salad. Composite salad. Next generation composite salad material.
My little German brain pines for some bread. Toasted, dark bread 😅
I make a version of a Spanish style Russian Salad. I believe a lot of countries have their own version, but I was taught by a Spanish friend, so that is what I know. It is at it’s base a potato salad, but with cold cooked diced carrot, peas, gherkins, shallots, tinned tuna, boiled eggs, olives, and sometimes sweet peppers. This is then mixed with mayonnaise, lemon juice, Dijon mustard. Tastes absolutely yummy, but it is a lot of work for someone slow at chopping veggies, so it is a once a year BBQ celebration make.
30min to chop some veggies and mix with mayo, wow
This has been an excellent series. Thank you so much. I've learned a lot.
Merci!
Found my copy of Escoffier from an online used bookstore. The jacket was a little rough, but the book is solid.
Wonderful recipe!
I usually add a bit of ham to this particular salad!
merci beaucoup!
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3:16
Absolutely NOT….
That's why your salads 🤢🤮
Go Mediterranean. One, max two main ingredients. Fresh….
Ps::: no eggs….and no mayonnaise if you are not going to put meat of any kind.
Ps of the ps::: you can put eggs only in a Russian salad. But that's not Mediterranean so…
Looks so delicious. What a wonderful starter that would make.
IMO too much mayonnaise.