the easiest sexiest salad in the world

I usually use ruccola, spanish serrano ham slices, parmiggiano cheese, walnuts and raisins. Black ground pepper, little lemon juice and olive oil. Tremendous! :) Everyone likes it so much!

Hello Jamie, I used to watch all of your programs in England since you first started some years ago. :>) Love your recipes especially the vegetarian and seafood... since I don't eat meat. My huge fig tree in Greece, just 17 miles from the center of Athens, makes the most delicious, tasty figs I ever put in my mouth. And I had lots of figs all around the world. Now living in South Korea, and we do have figs here, one of the things I miss the most is my fig tree in the yard of my summer home in Greece. No complains just wanted you to know.

I think kiwi might be a substitude for figs in this case. I added some lettuce (with the same vinagrette) around the dish as to make a complete salad and more plentiful. Yees! everybody was impressed. It is indeed elegant and tastes out of the ordinary.
I like your recipes Jamie... thanks a lot!!
Rosa , from Dominican Republic

can anyone suggest a substitute for fresh figs? they're not in season yet and i'm not interested in using dried ones. thanks!

Hello Jamie,
I truly believe this is the SEXIEST salad ever. Truly scrumptious!
peace and love peace and love
Elton xxxxxxxx

what a sexy salad!

Great salad-but remember if you want proscuito, get it at the deli counter and only the amount you need per person, so 2 is 2 slices. It is a very small fraction of a pound, not even a quarter of a pound (or whatever your measurement). You may reduce the price even further by buying domestic. And Jamie makes a point of using things in season. Figs in season, especially at the farmers market or ethnic produce store, are much cheaper, especially if you can buy indiviually again only what you need and not a pint, if you won't use it. I am trying to grow some where I live, so am hoping to be lucky. And they are full of good nutrients. A lot of food goes to waste because we buy too much and it goes to waste, or eat out of season and it costs more.

Sexiest salad i have to agree!! My Boyfreind made it for me for valentines day and it was amazing :) thanks

So simple, yet tastes soo good! Thanks jamie!

dear jamie
i realize you are much closer to italian food - ingredients etc. but the greek figs and me were very sorry to hear that they are second best! i dare to compare these to the delicious figs from my fig tree in Athens or the fig trees all over the greek countryside! xx

Hellooooo!!!
Olá Jamie, sou carioca, moro no Rio de Janeiro e assisto sempre aos seus programas.... na semana passada, eu assisti uma receita de salada, maravilhosa com alho poró epresunto de parma, se não me falhe a memória,.... já tentei achar a receita de todas as formas mas não consigo, no site da GNT e no seu.. enfim.
Gostaria, se possível que vc me enviasse esta receita, pois pretendo fazer para a noite de Natal...
desde já te agradeço e desejo um Feliz Natal e um Ao Novo cheio de receitas novas, para que a gente possa desfrutar dessas maravilhas conduzidas por suas mãos. Que Deus te abençõe.
Atenciosamante,
Nathi Amorim
Bye.

Thank you so much for this hint! Made it for 1year anniversary dinner with my boyfriend, takes literaly seconds and leaves incredible impression!

I like this and its very nice and easy to make.I did it with some nice soft tast goat cheese ( biological ) from the local farm.

ORGASMIC is all I can say to this SEXY SALAD.

I had this at my friends girls night out barbeque and it was fantastic, we loved it. I'm having friends over this week and I will include this appetizer too.

I have used this recipe a few times & buy gorgeous honey from Kangaroo Island (off the coast of South Australia). Living in Aus we have an abundance of fabulous fresh/local produce & this recipe has never failed to impress using the local produce available.

OK. I'm Spanish and I know the difference between Hamon Serrano and Italian Parma Ham. Serrano is a little saltier and just a little tougher...you know...more rough like we Spaniards can be. The Italian stuff is lighter, less salty and soft...perfect for this salad which is amazing!! Love the sweet honey with the salty cheese and ham. Nobody is saying Serrano is better/worse than Parma; its just different. Oh by the way Jamie I love you...you have never let us down. Everything you make is awesome and so easy for us mere mortals in the kitchen to cook.

Anne, how did your dried figs soaked in the orange tea over night go with the salad?

Dear Mr Alan, the problem is that there are many types of spanish ham, but only one that is really special and that you have probably never tried which is from iberian pigs feed exclusively on acorn, Jamon de Bellota. Try that and parma ham will just seem like a waste of time in comparison.
P.S I hope ypou don't speak spanish they were a bit rude to you there.

try too the thin & crunch white pizza, it's like focaccia/pizza cut it and put in it yellow melone slice, parma ham and sweet figs, i prefear the green ones, a little bit of extra olive oil and tell me wath's about your sense. Ciao from Rome - Italy8521E

Me gustaría dar vueltas de campana bajo sábanas contigo, simulando movimientos de croquetas en rebozo, mmmmmmmmmmm. ¡Viva el jamón 5 jotas! ¡Muera Alan 5 jotas! 5 jotas de jodido imbécil.

Muy bien dicho, For Alan, de hecho para jamones serranos los míos.
Tengo unos muslacos.....

Alan, eres un auténtico gilipollas...qué sabrás tú de jamón serrano... seguro que no lo has probado en tu vida..Bueno, quizás tampoco te mereces probarlo...

Italian ham is much nicer than the terrible tasteless Spanish rubbish. Definitely go for the proper Italian parma.

A lovely recipe

Wow, figs are in at the moment (Australia) don't think they are Italian or Greek though. I am going to try this. Great combination!
Thanks Jamie

I ve tried. It was a hit every time I had guests at dinner or lunch. :)

Figs are out of season at the moment.
I am tring it tonnight with dried figs soaked overnight in orange flavored tea.
Should be a bit cheaper!

Fresh figs? Hahaha. Not without a mortgage or selling my firstborn. Any suggestions for substitutes? I'm already not using the pricey parma, or even the prosciutto.

I had no idea about italian ham when I wrote this. It does look like the spanish one tho, thanks for clearing this for me Coco (loved dutch food when visited last year!) Simo, guess I should visit Italy (will do!!) anytime soon so that I get a the fine bit of this ;) I actually thought they were the same thing *dork* sorry!

as i am italian this is what we usually have in the summers...and you know what? both italian prosciutto and spanish is good, they are just different...so Mar don't be so closed minded and who says the orginal ham came from spain??!!!

love your recipies jamie!!

It was delicious. We enjoyed it very much, combining it with a demi-sec champagne.Just perfect!

All my family love this salad it's such a good combination,and being a coeliac i'm always on the look out for new recipes.

i have never tried it before but when i did i loved it

Hi Mar,
Actually, there is a taste difference between italian Parma ham and Serrano. For this recipe I take Parma, which is freely available here (Holland). When I manage to get a really good Serrano (what they usually sell here is nothing like what we had in Andalusia) I have it just with some fino, it is too good to cook with!

It's also great for summer breakfast at the seaside.One of my favorites :)

This is a fantastic summer salad try adding slivers of nectarines to it . Its always a hit with my bar b q lunches or dinner.

Top salad, people acually now think im a chef lol.

This is an awesome salad. I served it on a bed of mixed greens, and drizzled with olive oil and aged balsamic. I served this for some guests and they were mighty impressed.

what cold cutlets can I put instead of the pama ham ? Can I use Pastrami or beef ?