Perfection Salad

Name: Perfection Salad
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 12
Ingredients: 1⁄2 cups sugar; 1⁄3 cups rice vinegar; 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice; 2 tbsp. unflavored powdered gelatin, softened in 1⁄2 cup cold water; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 2 cups chopped celery; 1 cup finely shredded cabbage; 2 jarred pimentos, minced; 1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and minced; Canola oil, for greasing

Serves
serves 12

Refreshing molded salads like this one were wildly popular when a version of this recipe was first published, in Knox Gelatine: Dainty Dishes for Dainty People (Knox, 1931). Serve the dish in slices as a side for grilled meats or salmon.

Ingredients

1⁄2 cups sugar
1⁄3 cups rice vinegar
2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp. unflavored powdered gelatin, softened in 1⁄2 cup cold water
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 cups chopped celery
1 cup finely shredded cabbage
2 jarred pimentos, minced
1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and minced
Canola oil, for greasing

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Instructions

Step 1

Stir together sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, gelatin, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat until gelatin dissolves; chill 30 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Step 2

Grease a 12" x 4" x 2 1⁄2 " loaf pan and transfer gelatin mixture to mold. Chill until set, about 6 hours.

Step 3

To release salad from mold, slide a knife along the edge of the mold; set mold in a bowl of hot water for 5 seconds. Invert salad onto a serving dish.

Stir together sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, gelatin, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat until gelatin dissolves; chill 30 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Grease a 12" x 4" x 2 1⁄2 " loaf pan and transfer gelatin mixture to mold. Chill until set, about 6 hours.
To release salad from mold, slide a knife along the edge of the mold; set mold in a bowl of hot water for 5 seconds. Invert salad onto a serving dish.