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Blood orange and radicchio salad with pickled kumquats

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 head of butter lettuce
  • 1 head of radicchio I used radicchio castillo franco here, but any radicchio works
  • 2 blood oranges
  • 4 oz of blue cheese I used Point Reyes Original Blue
  • 1/4 cup of chopped hazelnuts
  • 1/4 cup of pickled kumquats recipe found here
  • 1 shallot chopped
  • 5-6 tbsps of olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tbsps of honey
  • salt/pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Rinse butter lettuce and radicchio well, set aside to dry and then tear/chop into small pieces (I like keeping the lettuce larger here, but totally a personal preference).
  • Using a sharp knife, segment both of the blood oranges. Reserve juice and segments in a bowl. Set aside.
  • To make the blood orange vinaigrette, in a high speed blender place shallot, honey, salt/pepper and 1/4 cup of the reserved blood orange juice (doesn't have to be exact). Blend on low to combine. With the blender still running, slowly drizzle in 5 tbsp of olive oil. Taste, adjust seasoning as necessary.
  • To assemble salad, on a large platter spread a layer or butter lettuce followed by a layer of radicchio directly on top. Top with a generous serving of blood orange segments. Add chopped hazelnuts, blue cheese crumbles, and pickled kumquats. Drizzle with blood orange vinaigrette. Serve immediately and enjoy!