Golden Door Four Citrus Salad with Honey and Sherry
This four citrus salad courtesy of Golden Door Spa in Escondido is light, lively, and beautiful. We are fortunate to have citrus year round so we don’t need to rely on specific seasons, but the salad is good any time of year if you wish to substitute a few citrus fruits available and supplement with other colorful fruits, including pear and pomegranate seeds.
Ingredients
- 1 whole orange , zest removed in strips, fruit reserved for another use
- 2 whole Meyer Lemons
- 2 whole pixie tangerines
- 1 whole blood orange
- 1 whole pink grapefruit
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (freshly ground)
- 1 tablespoon walnut oil or canola oil
- 2 tablespoons slivered fresh herbs or microgreens (choose mint, basil, or microgreens)
- 4 cups mixed baby lettuce optional
- 1 whole avocado optional
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, blanch the orange zest strips for 2 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Working over a bowl, peel, seed and section each of the citrus fruits, for a chunky salad, or, peel, remove as much white pitch as possible, and slice into thin rounds (as shown). Collect the juices as you work -- you should have about 1/2 cup.
- Make the dressing by whisking together sherry vinegar, honey, pepper, oil, and the reserved citrus juices. Squeeze some from the reserved orange, if you don't have enough. Stir in your chopped herbs (mint or basil). If too tart, add a bit more honey.
- To serve, spread either the baby lettuce greens, or, thin slices of avocado (or both), on 4 chilled plates. Arrange the citrus sections or slices over the greens, and drizzle with dressing.
- Garnish wither blanched orange zest, or, slivered almonds, pomegranate seeds, or a bit of each.
- Grind fresh pepper over the finished salad just before serving.
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another salad I served at a shower, this was really pretty and really tasty
This was REALLY good and so pretty to look at. Served for a bridal spa shower luncheon.
There is almost no citrus fruit and melon combo in which this isn’t a good salad, and, we also really like it with a sprinkle of chili pepper, for a refreshing sweet, sour and peppery kick.
Really good with just melons, oranges, and lime juice, too. Pretty to look at. We didn’t like it with apples, though.The avocado is good, but we use lettuce for calorie savings, more often.