Avocado And Tangerine Salad With Spicy Vinaigrette Food

AVOCADO FRUIT SALAD WITH TANGERINE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Arrange avocados and fruit on a serving plate; sprinkle with mint and almonds. In a small bowl, whisk dressing ingredients until blended; drizzle over salad.

AVOCADO AND TANGERINE SALAD WITH JALAPEñO VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Simmer tangerine juice in a small saucepan until syrupy and reduced to about 2 tablespoons, 5-8 minutes. Let cool.
• Heat a small heavy skillet over mediumhigh heat. Cook jalapeño, turning occasionally, until blistered and charred all over, about 8 minutes. (Alternatively, roast jalapeño directly over gas flame, turning occasionally.) Let cool; remove stem, skin, and seeds, then finely chop.
• Whisk shallot, vinegar, reduced tangerine juice, and half of jalapeñ:o in a medium bowl; season with salt and pepper. Whisk in vegetable oil, then olive oil. Add remaining jalapeño, if desired. Set vinaigrette aside.
• Toss avocados, tangerines, purslane, mint, and vinaigrette in a large bowl; top with feta.
• DO AHEAD: Vinaigrette can be made 1 day ahead; cover and chill.

TANGERINE TOSSED SALAD

Steps:

• In a small skillet, cook and stir the almonds and 2 tablespoons sugar over medium-low heat for 25-30 minutes or until the sugar is melted and the almonds are toasted. Remove from the heat. Peel and section the tangerines, reserving 1 tablespoon juice., In a large bowl, combine the lettuce, onions, tangerines and almonds. In a small bowl, whisk the vinegar, oil, salt, pepper, reserved juice and remaining sugar. Pour over salad; toss to coat.

AVOCADO AND TANGERINE SALAD WITH SPICY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, simmer tangerine juice for about 5-8 minutes until thickened to a syrup texture and reduced to about 2 tablespoons. Set aside to cool.
• In a small heavy skillet over medium high heat, cook hot pepper, turning a few times, for about 8 minutes until evenly charred all over.
• Set aside to cool then remove stem, skin and seeds. Finely chop remaining flesh.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk shallot, vinegar, cooled tangerine syrup, and half of the chopped hot pepper. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add vegetable oil and whisk then add olive oil and whisk again.
• If you wish more spicy dressing then add the remaining hot pepper and whisk once more. Set aside.
• In a large salad bowl, gently toss avocados, tangerines, purslane, mint and prepare vinaigrette until well combined and coat.
• Top with sprinkles of feta cheese just before serving.

TUNA, FENNEL, AVOCADO, AND TANGERINE SALAD WITH CITRUS VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Heat grill to high. Brush tuna with oil; sear 1 1/2 minutes per side. Remove from grill; set aside to cool.
• Dressing
• Combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl; whisk until blended. Stir in zests. Add salt and pepper. Toss frisée with 1 tablespoon dressing. Divide frisée between 2 bowls; surround frisée with fennel slices. Top with orange, tangerine and avocado. Drizzle each bowl with 1 tablespoon dressing. Thinly slice tuna and place half on top of each salad. Top with fennel fronds.

TANGERINE AND AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, whisk together lime juice, honey, vinegar, salt,garlic, ginger, cayenne and jalapeno.
• With a vegetable peeler, remove 2 long strips of peel (orange part only) from 1 tangerine.
• Cut strips into 1/8-inch zest matchsticks.
• Peel tangerines and separate into segments.
• Cut segments crosswise into 2 or 3 pieces.
• Add avocado, zest, and tangerines to bowl, toss to combine.
• Chill until serving time.
• Sprinkle with sunflower seeds just before serving.

AVOCADO VINAIGRETTE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except the olive oil in a blender (I personally use a stand up stick model in a bowl). As you begin to blend, slowly pour in olive oil to desired consistency. If you like it tangy, you may wish to add more vinegar if you like it thinner you may want to use more olive oil. Add salt to taste.
• If you want it spicy, add a serrano or jalapeno pepper(s). Anyone that knows me or my recipes knows that I adore garlic, spice and vinegar so my taste may be stronger than yours for these items, adjust accordingly.
• This is an excellent dressing for any salad but is exceptionally good on a grilled chicken southwestern salad. Also good in place of cocktail sauce for a change to shrimp cocktails.