Food Recipes Salads Green Salads Romaine Salad with Flash-Pickled Figs 5.0 (1) Add your rating & review These "flash-pickled" figs need only an hour of soaking in a mixture of vinegar, salt and water. As a clever time-saver, the soaking liquid for the figs also forms the base for the salad dressing. Slideshow: More Great Salads By Matt Lee Matt Lee Matt Lee is a food and travel journalist, cookbook author, and on-air personality. He and his brother and business partner Ted founded "The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue," a mail-order catalog for Southern pantry staples. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines and Ted Lee Updated on February 25, 2022 Rate PRINT Share Photo: © Line Klein Active Time: 30 mins Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Yield: 8 Ingredients 1/4 cup white wine vinegar Kosher salt 8 fresh figs, quartered lengthwise 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons light olive oil Freshly ground black pepper 3 large heads of romaine (from one 22-ounce package), cut into thin ribbons Directions In a medium bowl, combine 3 tablespoons of the white wine vinegar with 3 tablespoons of water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Add the figs and let stand at room temperature for 1 hour (or refrigerate for up to 4 hours). Drain the figs, reserving the pickling liquid. In a large bowl, whisk the reserved pickling liquid with the remaining 1 tablespoon of vinegar and the Dijon mustard. Whisk in the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Add the romaine and figs and toss to coat. Serve right away. Make Ahead The drained figs and dressing can be refrigerated separately overnight. Originally appeared: September 2010 Rate It Print