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Gordon Ramsay’s tomato salad is sweet, peppery and rich. Cherry tomatoes roast at 150°C (300°F) for up to 90 minutes until almost jam-like, then get tossed with fresh watercress, shallot rings and aged balsamic. Serves 4 with just 10 minutes of hands-on work. In Ultimate Home Cooking, he serves it alongside halloumi and courgette cakes. …

Gordon Ramsay’s green papaya salad is crunchy, spicy and loaded with Thai flavour. Shredded papaya, carrots, dried shrimp and toasted peanuts go in a tamarind and lime dressing with chillies, coriander and Thai basil. Serves 6 to 8 in about 30 minutes. What holds it together is a pounded shrimp paste from Gordon’s Ultimate Cookery …

Gordon Ramsay’s fennel salad is crisp, paper-thin shaved fennel with ripe Comice pear, wild rocket and watercress in a honey mustard vinaigrette, ready in 25 minutes including the ice water soak. It costs roughly £1 per serving and works best as a starter before rich mains like duck, game or pork. In Sunday Lunch, Ramsay …

Gordon Ramsay’s cucumber salad is light, crisp and dressed in a sweet hoisin and ginger dressing with soy, rice vinegar and sesame oil. Thin ribbons get tossed with baby gem lettuce and spring onions. It takes 10 minutes and serves 4. In Ultimate Home Cooking, he places it right next to his crispy roast duck …

Gordon Ramsay’s watermelon feta salad is chunky watermelon with crumbled feta, toasted pecans, cucumber, fresh mint and a dusting of sumac, dressed with lemon juice and olive oil, ready in 5 minutes. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay warns not to assemble this ahead of time because “the salty cheese and nuts will draw the moisture …

Gordon Ramsay’s chopped salad is shredded romaine and chicory with red peppers, chickpeas, Edam cheese and salami in a sherry vinegar and Worcestershire sauce dressing, ready in 15 minutes. It feeds six to eight. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay builds it in layers. Shallots and tomatoes get seasoned and oiled first, sitting while you make …

Gordon Ramsay’s soba noodle salad is buckwheat noodles with blanched kale, sugarsnap peas and carrot ribbons in a sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce and lemon dressing, ready in 10 minutes. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay calls the dressing “a kind of Japanese vinaigrette” and gives ranges rather than fixed amounts: 1 to 2 teaspoons …

Gordon Ramsay’s quinoa salad is fluffy quinoa with toasted almonds, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, raisins and fresh mint, dressed with lime juice and olive oil, ready in 20 minutes. This is what he serves at Bread Street Kitchen. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay calls quinoa “a slightly nutty grain that makes a great alternative to couscous, …

Gordon Ramsay’s spicy beef salad is seared medium-rare sirloin with carrot ribbons, radishes, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and baby gem in a Thai dressing of garlic, chilli, palm sugar, fish sauce and lime, ready in 15 minutes for around £3.50 per serving. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay says he “fell in love with this simple dressing …

This Gordon Ramsay butter bean salad mixes tinned butter beans with crispy fried pitta, radishes, cucumber, tomatoes, pomegranate seeds and handfuls of fresh mint and parsley, all dressed with sumac and lemon. It takes about 10 minutes and is closer to a Lebanese fattoush than anything you would normally call a bean salad. In Ultimate …