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Jewel Salad

Type: Cheese, Eggs, Vegetables
Courses: Salads
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

3   Pomegranates - seeded (about 3
  Cups)
3   Persimmons - finely chopped
1 1/2 cups 219g / 7.7ozPrunes - finely chopped
  (about 30 prunes)
9   Clementines - finely chopped,
  Peeled, sectioned
3   Granny smith apples - peeled and chopped
3   Fennel - finely chopped
3   Celery - finely chopped
3   Radicchio - halved, thinly
  Sliced
4 tablespoons 60mlOlive oil
1 tablespoon 15mlFreshly squeezed lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlDijon mustard
1 tablespoon 15mlFreshly squeezed orange juice
  Salt and freshly ground pepper
2   Sugar
2 tablespoons 30mlSherry vinegar
1 tablespoon 15mlCanola oil
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozStilton cheese - crumbled
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozWalnuts - coarsely chopped

Recipe Instructions

1. Place each variety of chopped fruit and vegetables in a separate bowl. In a small bowl whisk together 3 tablespoons olive oil, lemon juice, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, orange juice, salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar to combine. Divide dressing between pomegranates, prunes, clementines, and apples. Toss dressing with each fruit, keeping separate.

2. In another small bowl, whisk sherry vinegar, canola oil, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, pinch sugar, and the Stilton to combine. Divide dressing between fennel, celery and radicchio. Toss dressing with each vegetable, keeping separate.

3. Spread a bed of dressed fennel on a large platter. Add additional layers, alternating ingredients as you wish, and gradually build up the salad in a vertical mound. Sprinkle with additional pomegranate seeds, walnuts, and crumbled Stilton, if desired. Serve immediately.

Source:
Martha Stewart's Home Page

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