This Shaved Cauliflower Salad Will Be Your Go-To Picnic Dish

If you're searching for your favorite new way to serve cauliflower, consider this fantastic shaved cauliflower salad from executive chef Matt Ford of Americano in Dallas. It's bright, crisp and flavor-packed, and a perfect accompaniment to grilled meat or fish. From Chef Ford:

"Before Americano opened, I was looking at different Italian/Mediterranean salads and cold dishes for menu development. Time after time I would see roasted or raw vegetables marinated and served cold. On menus all over the place you see cold raw broccoli salads, even the horrendous ones I had as a child. So why couldn't cauliflower work?There are actually a large amount of heirloom cauliflowers that originated in Italy.

Cauliflower has very earthy, hearty properties, so I thought a nice bright acid like fresh lemon juice would be great, with that acidic of a dressing a nice plumped sweet golden raisin would help balance the acid and toasted pistachios would round out the dish and give it another layer of flavor. I have been extremely surprised on how well received it has been. Most months it outsells our Caesar salad, and in a Italian American restaurant, that is unheard of."