Spinach Salad with Oranges and Warm Goat Cheese

Name: Spinach Salad with Oranges and Warm Goat Cheese
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 170 grams fresh mild goat cheese (preferably in log form); 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 3 smalls navel oranges; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 43 grams 1/3 cup pecans , finely chopped; 1 small red onion, sliced into thin rings; 454 grams spinach, trimmed; 1 pinch Pinch of sugar; 1 teaspoon white-wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon whole-grain mustard

Spinach Salad with Oranges and Warm Goat Cheese is a gluten free and vegetarian main course. This recipe makes 4 servings with 338 calories, 13g of protein, and 24g of fat each. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up white-wine vinegar, sugar, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the white-wine vinegar you could follow this main course with the Blackberry Cloud Cake with Pistachios as a dessert.

Instructions

Cut peel and white pith from oranges with a sharp small knife. Working over a sieve set over a bowl, cut orange sections free from membranes, letting sections drop into sieve.

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Cut goat cheese into fourths and pat each portion between your hands to form a disk. Pat pecans all over each disk to coat.

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Bake on a small baking sheet in middle of oven until heated through, about 5 minutes.

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Measure out 1 tablespoon orange juice from bowl and whisk together with mustard, vinegar, salt, and sugar in a large bowl.

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Add oil and whisk until blended.

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Add spinach, onion, and orange sections to dressing and toss well. Season with pepper. Divide among 4 salad plates and carefully transfer 1 goat-cheese disk to each salad.

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