Asparagus & Goat Cheese Salad

Asparagus & Goat Cheese Salad might be just the side dish you are searching for. For $3.13 per serving, this recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 9g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 254 calories. This recipe serves 6. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. A few people made this recipe, and 58 would say it hit the spot. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 21 minutes. It is brought to you by Recipe Girl. If you have raspberry jam, romaine lettuce, mixed baby greens, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Overall, this recipe earns a spectacular spoonacular score of 90%. Goat Cheese And Asparagus Macaroni Salad, Asparagus Salad with Tomato and Goat Cheese, and Asparagus, Tomato & Goat Cheese Salad are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 15 minutes

Cooking duration: 6 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 pounds asparagus, trimmed, blanched & cooled

2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1/4 cup canola oil

1 small clove garlic, minced

4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled

1 Tablespoon granulated sugar

kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

5 ounces mixed baby greens

1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

2 Tablespoons seedless raspberry jam

1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar

1 head romaine lettuce, leaves separated, trimmed & torn into bite-sized pieces

Equipment:

sauce pan

whisk

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

1. Prepare vinaigrette: In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the balsamic vinegar, sugar and garlic and bring to a simmer, stirring frequently to dissolve the sugar. Simmer the mixture, uncovered, until reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Add the raspberry jam and cook for 1 minute longer. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature, then whisk in the red wine vinegar followed by the canola oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.2. Assemble salad: In a large bowl, combine asparagus, romaine, greens, most of the pine nuts, and most of the goat cheese. Drizzle vinaigrette over the salad and toss gently to coat all the ingredients. Season to taste with salt and pepper.3. Transfer salad to chilled salad bowls or plates. Garnish with remaining pine nuts and goat cheese. Serve immediately.

 

Step by step:


1. Prepare vinaigrette: In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the balsamic vinegar, sugar and garlic and bring to a simmer, stirring frequently to dissolve the sugar. Simmer the mixture, uncovered, until reduced slightly, about 5 minutes.

2. Add the raspberry jam and cook for 1 minute longer.

3. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature, then whisk in the red wine vinegar followed by the canola oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.

4. Assemble salad: In a large bowl, combine asparagus, romaine, greens, most of the pine nuts, and most of the goat cheese.

5. Drizzle vinaigrette over the salad and toss gently to coat all the ingredients. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

6. Transfer salad to chilled salad bowls or plates.

7. Garnish with remaining pine nuts and goat cheese.

8. Serve immediately.


Nutrition Information:

 

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The Passover test [My thanks to Jeff G for the following] Sean is waiting for a bus when another man joins him at the bus stop. After 20 minutes of waiting, Sean takes out a sandwich from his lunch box and starts to eat. But noticing the other man watching, Sean asks, "Would you like one? My wife has made me plenty." "Thank you very much, but I must decline your kind offer," says the other man, "I’m Rabbi Levy." "Nice to meet you, Rabbi," says Sean, "but my sandwiches are alright for you to eat. They only contain cheese. There’s no meat in them." "It’s very kind of you," says Rabbi Levy, "but today we Jews are celebrating Passover. It would be a great sin to eat a sandwich because during the 8 days of Passover, we cannot eat bread. In fact it would be a sin comparable to the sin of adultery." "OK," says Sean, "but it’s difficult for me to understand the significance of what you’ve just said." Many weeks later, Sean and Rabbi Levy meet again. Sean says, "Do you remember, Rabbi, that when we last met, I offered you a sandwich which you refused because you said eating bread on Passover would be as great a sin as that of adultery?" Rabbi Levy replies, "Yes, I remember saying that." "Well, Rabbi," says Sean, "that day, I went over to my mistress’s apartment and told her what you said. We then tried out both the sins, but I must admit, we just couldn’t see the comparison."

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