Before adding the delicious dressing to the salad, the leaves must be carefully washed and then dried. If you do without it, the salad dressing will be watered down. In addition, it does not stick to the damp leaves, but instead collects at the bottom of the bowl. The result: The salad tastes weak and loses its crunch after just a few minutes.
How do you dry lettuce effectively?
Salad can be dried either by using a salad spinner or without a spinner. Options without a spinner include spinning in a tea towel, draining in a sieve or spreading out on kitchen paper in the fridge.
Drying lettuce with a spinner
This is the easiest method to almost completely remove adhering moisture. Like a spin dryer, centrifugal force separates water and salad reliably and gently:
- Place the sheets in the perforated inner container.
- Turn the crank a few times.
- This causes water to roll off and collect in the lower area of the salad spinner.
Drying salad without a salad spinner
You can also dry the leaves without a special kitchen aid:
- Place the leaves on a clean tea towel.
- Gather the ends together.
- Spin the salad vigorously in a circle.
However, this method is not recommended indoors as the water that rolls off would wet cupboards and walls.
Alternatively, there is also a less sporty option:
- Put the salad in a large-hole sieve and let it drain slightly.
- Then place a tea towel over the punch, hold it firmly and turn it over.
- Now shake everything vigorously over the sink.
- The water collects in the towel and drips into the sink while the lettuce leaves lie dry on the towel.
Tip
If you don't want to process the salad immediately, you can put the dried leaves on a piece of kitchen paper in an airtight container. If you put everything in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator, the washed salad will stay crisp and fresh for two to three days.
