Author Notes: What better way is there to balance the hearty fare of winter than to serve it with a light salad full of bright-tasting pomelos and barely sweet Cara Caras, dressed with a citrus vinaigrette? This recipe makes more dressing than you’ll need for two salads, but it keeps well. I vary this salad sometimes by substituting a few thin slices of ripe avocado, mashed and creamed, for a tablespoon of the olive oil in this, and then adding a few slices of avocado to the salad. You can use any green olives you like. I prefer fruity ones, but of course, whatever kind you like best will do just fine. Enjoy!! ;o) —AntoniaJames
Serves: 2
Ingredients
The Salad
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1 small head butter lettuce, torn into medium pieces
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1 pomelo, peeled and cut into suprêmes (See note below about reserving some juice.)
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1 Cara Cara orange, peeled and cut into suprêmes
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8-10 Picholine or Castelvetrano olives (or use both kinds)
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8 – 10 Marcona almonds (or any roasted whole almonds)
The Dressing
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2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
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1 teaspoon lime juice
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1 teaspoon Meyer lemon juice
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1 tablespoon pomelo juice (See note below.)
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1 teaspoon grated zest of a Meyer lemon
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1 teaspoon grated zest of a pomelo
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1 tiny pinch of ground coriander (or, for a completely different take, finely crushed star anise)
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1 tiny pinch of salt, plus more, to taste, if desired
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A few drops of honey (or more to taste, depending on the tartness of your pomelo)
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1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
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2 – 3 tablespoons olive oil, to taste
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Black or white peppercorns
Directions
- Mix all of the ingredients for the dressing except the olive oil in a jar; stir well and allow it to sit for at least an hour.
- Strain, if you’re so inclined. Otherwise, add the olive oil and shake well for about thirty seconds.
- Toss the lettuce in about 2 tablespoons of the dressing. If that’s not enough, add a bit more and toss again. Test for salt and correct.
- Arrange the lettuce on a plate, then arrange the other ingredients. Drizzle on more dressing if desired. Grind on some black or white pepper.
- Enjoy!! ;o)
- N.B. To get the pomelo juice you need for this, simply use a strainer that’s larger than your fist, through which you squeeze hard with your hand what’s left after cutting away the suprêmes. ;o)