HungryMonster.com is your source for recipes.

go!
Facebook Twitter Google Pinterest

Piatti Mixed-Greens Salad With Cherries


Course : Salads
Serves: 6
Print a Recipe Card
3 x 5 Card | 4 x 6 Card | Printer Friendly
 

Ingredients:


---DRESSING---

1/2 cup sun-dried cherries -- divided

2 tablespoons hot water

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 tablespoon dijon mustard

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt and pepper -- to taste

3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

---SALAD---

1 pound mixed greens

1/2 pound pancetta or bacon -- cooked crisp, and -- crumbled

1/4 pound bleu cheese -- crumbled

1/4 pound toasted hazelnuts -- chopped
 

Preparation / Directions:


For the dressing, combine 1/4 cup of the cherries with the hot water and let stand for 10 minutes. Add the soaked cherries and all of the dressing ingredients except the olive oil to a blender and puree. With the motor running, slowly add the oil. For the salad, combine the mixed greens and dressing. Divide among 6 salad plates. Top each plate with the remaining dried cherries, pancetta or bacon, bleu cheese and hazelnuts.

Rate this Recipe?
1 2 3 4 5
Poor                            Great

More Salads Recipes