Fresh Corn & Arugula Salad
Fresh Corn & Arugula Salad might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre collection. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 103 calories, 4g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Taste of Home requires salt, olive oil, pepper, and basil. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Super Fresh Zucchini & Arugula Salad, Arugula Salad with Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette, and Peach & Fresh Mozzarellan Arugula Salad.
Instructions
In a small bowl, whisk vinaigrette ingredients until blended.
Brush corn with oil; grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from heat 8-10 minutes or until corn is crisp-tender and browned, turning occasionally. When cool enough to handle, cut corn off cobs and place in a large bowl.
Add arugula, tomatoes and pecans to corn.
Drizzle with half of the vinaigrette; toss to coat. Top with cheese; serve immediately. Cover and refrigerate remaining vinaigrette for later use.
Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Gruener Veltliner
Salad on the menu? Try pairing with Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Gruener Veltliner. Sauvignon Blanc and Gruner Veltliner both have herby notes that complement salads with enough acid to match tart vinaigrettes, while a Chardonnay can be a good pick for creamy salad dressings. The Dutton-Goldfield Dutton Ranch Chardonnay with a 4.7 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 43 dollars per bottle.
Dutton-Goldfield Dutton Ranch Chardonnay
2013 was another stellar growing season in the Russian River Valley; warm spring, great flowering weather, and a long moderate ripening season. Our blocks for the Dutton Ranch blend were harvested between September 9 and October 11; the fruit was beautifully clean and ripe, and gave us wines with the acid backbone and luscious citrus and stone fruit flavors we so love from our neighborhood. This wine is about freshness and balance: in the nose it leads with Meyer lemon, pear and mineral notes, with tropical and ginger overtones. In the mouth, the lusciousness of this season is balanced by solid acidity and an evolving fruit core that keeps you coming back. Lemon sourball, ripe pear and a touch of green apple fill out the fruit profile, while the steely minerality and sweet cream add a complexity that we love in this wine. Moderate alcohol and the signature juicy acidity of Green Valley facilitate the fresh, lingering citrus/ginger finish. This is a wine that evolves in the glass and will easily reward 5 years of cellar aging, but both will be a challenge with its immediate allure.