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Fruit And Red Pear Salad With Citrus Vinaigrette

Type: Fruit
Courses: Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup 118mlGrapefruit juice
1/4 cup 59mlTangerine juice
1 teaspoon 5mlMinced shallot
1 tablespoon 15mlGrand Marnier
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
1 teaspoon 5mlHoney mustard
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 tablespoon 15mlMinced chives
4 cups 440g / 15ozMixed greens
1   Cored red pear - cored, and
  Cut into 12 wedges
1   Pink grapefruit - peeled, sectioned
1/2   Pomegranate seeds (small)

Recipe Instructions

Whisk together grapefruit juice, tangerine juice, shallot, Grand Marnier, oil and mustard until well blended. Stir in pepper to taste and chives. Cover and let stand 30 minutes for flavors to meld.

Arrange 1 cup mixed greens on each of 4 plates. Top each with 3 slices pear and 1/4 of grapefruit sections. Sprinkle each with pomegranate seeds. Serve with citrus vinaigrette.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Each Serving: 115 calories; 36 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 4 grams fat; 18 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams protein; 1.14 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 11-24-1999

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