This simple, summery, starter salad was meant to be. The same day I found out we had company for dinner (Hi Perry!), a co-worker brought in the most delicious lettuce from her father's garden (Hi Kari!). I didn't want anything overwhelming to mask the fresh delicacy of home-grown lettuce. These tender, flavorful leaves are lightly tossed with a mix of yuzu rice vinegar and blood orange olive oil then topped with sesame seeds for a little crunch.
What better way to start a casual mid-week dinner with friends than with a fuss-free salad that shows off summer's bounty?
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS:
- 4 cups of mixed lettuce (home grown, ideally!)
- 1 orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 2 persian cucumbers, sliced thinly
- 2 small avocados or 1 large, halved, pitted, and sliced
- 3 Tbsp Yuzu Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Blood Orange Olive Oil
- 1 Tbsp sesame seeds
- Whisk blood orange olive oil and yuzu vinegar in small bowl and toss with lettuce, adding only as much as necessary!
- Arrange salad on four plates, arrange bell peppers, cucumbers and avocados on lettuce.
- Drizzle with a touch more dressing and garnish with sesame seeds.
6 comments:
I can't say that I've ever had yuzu rice vinegar before but I love the Asian flavors in this!
Is yuzu like kuzu? And is yuzu rice vinegar like brown rice vinegar? You've stumped me.
Yuzu! It's a Japanese citrus fruit. Makes for a delicious and zingy infused rice vinegar.
http://www.ooliveoil.com/product_ricevin.php?n=O%20yuzu%20rice%20vinegar
This salad looks perfect in every way :) And where can one find bloog orange olive oil? Sounds divine.
Blood Orange Oil from this little place in San Clemente:
http://oliversevoo.com/products.aspx?AlbumID=168&orgid=11613
Fantastic stuff!
Hmmmm... this sounds great. I have yuzu juice, and blood orange vinegar, I'm sure I can figure something out. - S
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