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Endive and Escarole Salad with Mustard-Orange Vinaigrette

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Endive and Escarole Salad with Mustard-Orange Vinaigrette

Endive and Escarole Salad with Mustard-Orange Vinaigrette

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Equipment

  • Salad Spinner - Removes excess water from lettuce and greens, ensuring the right texture in your salad.

  • High-Speed Blender (Amazon Basics) - Ideal for creating dressings or pureeing ingredients; perfect for making vinaigrettes quickly with a touch of orange zest and mustard.

  • Mason Jars - Useful for mixing salad dressings, especially those that benefit from shaking (like oil-based dressings).

  • Mandoline Slicer - For thinly slicing endive or escarole to achieve a consistent texture in the salad.

  • Large Cutting Board - Provides ample space for preparing ingredients like endive and escarole efficiently.

  • Digital Scale (KitchenAid) - Precise measurement of ingredients can be crucial for the balance of flavors in your salad dressing, especially when following a recipe closely.

  • Fine Mesh Strainer - Useful for straining out seeds from orange juice if you prefer a smoother dressing texture without pulp.

  • KitchenAid Stand Mixer (Professional Series) - For those who like to mix and whisk ingredients by hand, this can be an investment that offers efficiency for more complex recipes or larger batches of salad dressings.

  • Salad Serving Tray with Grid Liners (OXO Good Grips) - For elegantly serving your endive and escarole salad, enhancing the presentation.

Ingredients

  • 2 navel oranges

  • 2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar

  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

  • 1 medium head escarole, torn into 2- to 3-inch pieces (12 cups)

  • 4 Belgian endives, leaves separated and halved crosswise

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Grate 1 teaspoon zest from 1 orange and reserve.
2

Instruction 2

Cut peel, including white pith, from oranges with a sharp knife. Cut segments free from membranes into a bowl. Squeeze 1 tablespoon juice from membranes into a large bowl and whisk together with reserved zest, vinegar, oil, mustard, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper until emulsified.
3

Instruction 3

Add escarole, endive, and orange segments to vinaigrette and gently toss.
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