Green Leaf Salad with Walnuts and Grapefruit-Honey Vinaigrette
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
2pink or red grapefruits
1tbspchampagne or white wine vinegar
1tbsphoney
1½tspDijon mustard
½tspkosher salt
¼tspblack pepper
⅓cupextra virgin olive oil
8-10cupsroughly torn green leaf lettuce (from 2 small or 1 large head)
1½packed cups parsley leaves (from 1 large bunch)
1small red onion, peeled, quartered, and thinly sliced
½cuproughly chopped toasted walnuts
Instructions
Slice off the ends of the grapefruits. Stand a grapefruit on either of its flat ends and slice along the curve of the fruit to remove the skin and white pith. Discard skin and pith. Working over a large bowl, hold the grapefruit in one hand and, with the other hand, remove segments from the fruit by slicing against the membrane. Work your way around the fruit, letting the segments and any juice fall into the bowl. Squeeze the excess juice from what remains (it will look like the pages of a book) into the bowl. Repeat with the remaining grapefruit.
In a medium bowl, combine 3 tablespoons of the grapefruit juice (reserve remaining juice for another use or double the dressing and have it already made for your next salad) with the vinegar, honey, mustard, salt and pepper; whisk to combine. Gradually whisk in oil.
In a large serving bowl, combine escarole, parsley, ¾ cup of the sliced onion (reserve any remaining for another use) and walnuts. Toss salad with ½ cup of the dressing. Season to taste with salt and pepper and add additional dressing to your liking.
TIP: Supreme the grapefruit: this technique creates beautiful segments of citrus flesh with none of the bitter pith; it’s a tasty showstopper!