Citrus Salad with Toasted Seeds and Pine Nuts
- Level: Easy
- Total: 12 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 2 min
- Yield: 4 servings
- Level: Easy
- Total: 12 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 2 min
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
3 tablespoons sunflower seeds
3 tablespoons sesame seeds
3 tablespoons pine nuts
1 tablespoon grated shallot
2 teaspoons apricot preserves or marmalade or good quality honey
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon lemon or orange juice
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 heads Bibb lettuce, cleaned and dried and torn
4 sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves stripped and roughly chopped
1 navel orange, peeled and sections removed with a paring knife (supreme)
1 small ruby red grapefruit, peeled and sections removed with a paring knife (supreme)
Directions
- Gently toast the sunflower and sesame seeds with the pine nuts in small pan over medium heat.
- Combine the shallot, preserves or honey, Dijon, juice and vinegar. Whisk in the extra-virgin olive oil to emulsify and season with salt and pepper.
- Combine the lettuce with the tarragon, orange and grapefruit sections, dress with the seeds and dressing just before serving.
