Winter Salad with Tangerine Vinaigrette

Winter Salad with Tangerine VinaigretteVibrant and tasty, this Winter Salad with Tangerine Vinaigrette highlights seasonal produce and features a zesty citrus vinaigrette. Garnishes of blue cheese and toasted almonds infuse a saltiness that rounds out the bountiful flavors.

Winter Salad with Tangerine Vinaigrette
 
Makes 12 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 heads Bibb lettuce, chopped
  • ½ head radicchio, thinly sliced
  • 1 (4-ounce) bag watercress, stemmed
  • 8 tangerines, sectioned
  • 1 Granny Smith apple, chopped
  • 1 (6-ounce) bag radishes, thinly sliced
  • Tangerine Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
  • Garnish: sliced toasted almonds, blue cheese crumbles
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine lettuce, radicchio, watercress, tangerines, apple, and radishes, tossing to combine. Serve with Tangerine Vinaigrette. Garnish with almonds and blue cheese, if desired.

Tangerine Vinaigrette
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup tangerine juice
  • ¼ cup white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ½ cup extra-light olive oil
Instructions
  1. In the container of a blender, combine tangerine juice, vinegar, shallot, mustard, honey, salt, and pepper; process until blended. With blender running, add olive oil in a slow, steady stream; process until blended.

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