Cook the Book: Bittersweet Salad

Name: Cook the Book: Bittersweet Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Handful small red leaves (microgreens); 2 servings Black pepper; 2 servings Blood orange juice as needed; 2 blood oranges (or plain oranges); 2 servings Coarse sea salt; 1 Tbsps lemon juice; 59 milliliters maple syrup; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 teaspoons orange-flower water; 2 Tbsps pine nuts, toasted; 1 small Seeds from pomegranate; 1 smalls radicchio; 177 milliliters good-quality ricotta

Cook the Book: Bittersweet Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free, primal, and vegetarian recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains approximately 13g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 485 calories. If you have maple syrup, pepper, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Take each of the blood oranges in turn and use a small sharp knife to slice off the top and base. Now cut down the side of the orange, following its natural curve, to remove the skin and white pith. Over a small bowl, cut in between the membranes to remove the individual segments into a bowl. Squeeze all the juice from the membrane and skin into a small saucepan.

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Blood Orange

Orange

Juice

Base

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Sauce Pan

Knife

Bowl

Make up the juice in the pan to 7 tbsp with extra blood orange juice.

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Blood Orange Juice

Juice

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Frying Pan

Add the lemon juice, maple syrup and a pinch of salt and bring to a light simmer. Leave to reduce for 20 to 25 minutes, or until you are left with about 3 tablespoons of thick syrup. Strain it through a fine sieve and allow to cool down, then stir in the orange-flower water.

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Orange Flower Water

Lemon Juice

Maple Syrup

Syrup

Salt

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Sieve

Pull apart the radicchio leaves and tear them roughly into large pieces. Put into a mixing bowl.

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Radicchio

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Mixing Bowl

Add the Treviso leaves, oil and some salt and pepper, and toss gently. Divide the salad leaves between two serving plates. Dot with the orange segments, small red leaves and spoonfuls of ricotta, building the salad up.

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Orange Slices