
This salad goes well with
any meal, from casual to elegant. Serve family-style for a quick
side dish, or plated individually. It is dressed to impress.
California-Style
Pistachio Salad
- Dressing:
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
6 tablespoons orange juice (one orange, freshly squeezed)
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- Salad:
3 cups mixed baby greens (watercress, arugula, frissee, radicchio,
curly endive and edible flowers)
1 tart apple, quartered and sliced
1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup shelled California pistachios
- Mix first four ingredients
with wire whisk. Let set to mellow flavors. Wash and dry greens;
divide equally among four salad plates. Divide apple, blue cheese
and pistachios over salad. Drizzle salad dressing over each.
Makes 4 servings.
Alternative: Toss salad
ingredients together with dressing.
Recipe and photograph provided
courtesy of the California Pistachio Commission.
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