Summer Salad with Grilled Shrimp and Pineapple in Champagne Vinaigrette

Name: Summer Salad with Grilled Shrimp and Pineapple in Champagne Vinaigrette
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 59 milliliters Carapelli Premium 100% Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 3 Tbsps chopped fresh basil or tarragon leaves; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 0 teaspoons coarse sea salt or kosher salt; 2 liters mixed field greens or baby greens; 1 fresh pineapple, peeled and cored, cut lengthwise into 4 slabs; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes; 2 Tbsps Champagne vinegar or sherry vinegar; 454 grams uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined

Summer Salad with Grilled Shrimp and Pineapple in Champagne Vinaigrette might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe makes 4 servings with 323 calories, 26g of protein, and 16g of fat each. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. It is perfect for The Fourth Of July. Head to the store and pick up pepper, sherry vinegar, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pineapple you could follow this main course with the Pineapple Cupcakes as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat a grill to medium-high heat or have a ridged grill pan ready. For vinaigrette, whisk together oil, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a small bowl.

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Salt And Pepper

Vinaigrette

Mustard

Vinegar

Cooking Oil

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Grill Pan

Grill

Whisk

Bowl

Transfer 3 tablespoons of the mixture to a pie plate or shallow plate. Stir pepper flakes and garlic into oil mixture on plate.

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Garlic

Pepper

Cooking Oil

(Sneak a quick dip of artisan bread into the mixture - so good!)

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Bread

Dip

Add shrimp to plate; toss with oil mixture. Thread shrimp onto metal skewers or soaked bamboo skewers.

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Shrimp

Cooking Oil

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Metal Skewers

Skewers

Brush oil mixture from plate over skewers.

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Cooking Oil

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Skewers

Transfer skewers to grill; discard marinade on plate.

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Marinade

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Skewers

Grill

Add pineapple to grill. Grill shrimp and pineapple (or cook shrimp in a heated ridged grill pan over medium heat and grill pineapple in pan after shrimp is removed) 4 minutes. Turn skewers and pineapple over; continue grilling 4 to 5 minutes or until shrimp are opaque.

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Pineapple

Shrimp

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Grill Pan

Skewers

Grill

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Meanwhile, toss mixed greens with remaining vinaigrette; arrange on four large serving plates. Carve pineapple crosswise into 1/2 inch thick slices; arrange over salads.

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Mixed Greens