Fennel And Watercress Salad Food

FENNEL AND WATERCRESS SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the cranberries, red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, garlic and salt. Whisk in the olive oil.
• In a large salad bowl, combine the watercress, fennel, radicchio and pecans. Stir the vinaigrette and pour over salad. Toss well and serve at once.

GRAPEFRUIT AND WATERCRESS SALAD

Steps:

• Peel 1 grapefruit with a paring knife. Cut out the segments and squeeze out the excess juice. Whisk 1 tablespoon of the juice with 1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar and 1 teaspoon each dijon mustard and honey; slowly whisk in 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Combine 1 bunch trimmed watercress, 1 chopped endive and the grapefruit segments in a bowl; add the dressing and toss.

WHITE ONION, FENNEL, AND WATERCRESS SALAD

Steps:

• Soak onion in a bowl of ice water 30 minutes; drain.
• Toast fennel seeds in a dry small skillet over medium heat, tossing often, until golden, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and coarsely chop.
• Toss onion, fennel bulb, watercress, and vinegar in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper, add oil and fennel seeds, and toss again to coat.

WATERCRESS AND FENNEL SALAD

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl, combine orange zest and juice, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Add olive oil in a slow, steady, thin stream while whisking constantly.
• Toss watercress and fennel with dressing just before serving.

WATERCRESS WITH FENNEL & BERRIES

Steps:

• In a salad bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients. Drizzle over salad; toss to coat. Serve immediately.

WATERCRESS AND FENNEL SALAD

Steps:

• Remove most of the stems from the watercress and place in a salad bowl. Trim the stems from the fennel and slice the bulb, including the core, very thin. Add to the bowl. Trim the scallions, chop and add to the bowl.
• Mix the vinegar and mustard together. Beat in the oil to make a smooth emulsion. Pour over the ingredients in the salad bowl and toss. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

FENNEL AND WATERCRESS SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk the zest and the orange juice with salt to taste, whisking until the salt is dissolved, add the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified. In another bowl toss the fennel with half the dressing until it is coated well. Add the watercress to the remaining dressing, toss it until it is just coated well, and divide it between 2 plates, mounding the fennel in the middle.

FENNEL AND WATERCRESS SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy saucepan.
• Add fennel and onion, cook over medium heat until soft but not brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add potatoes, stock and parsley, bay leaf, peppercorns and thyme enclosed in a small cheesecloth pouch.
• Simmer 30 minutes, then remove herb pouch.
• Pass soup through food mill or puree until smooth in a food processor or blender.
• Pour puree into a clean saucepan, bring back to boil and correct seasoning.
• Add cream and chopped parsley.
• Place bunch of watercress in boiling water for 3 to 5 seconds then plunge in cold water.
• Drain, cut leaves from stalks, chop roughly, and add to soup.
• Place soup in a heated tureen, garnish with additional chopped parsley, and serve.

FENNEL, WATERCRESS & PINE NUT SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk the orange juice and oil together with a fork and season to taste. Add the fennel and toss to coat. Leave to marinate for 10 mins if you have time.
• Just before serving, tip the watercress and pine nuts into the bowl and toss well to combine.

WATERCRESS WITH BEETS AND FENNEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F; toss beets with oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Roast until tender 18 to 20 minutes; let cool.
• In a serving bowl, toss watercress, fennel and beets.
• Whisk together dressing ingredients OR place in a lidded glass jar and shake.
• Drizzle 6 tablespoons of the dressing over the salad and toss well.

WATERCRESS, FENNEL AND ROMAINE SALAD WITH PERNOD DRESSING

Steps:

• Wash the greens well, then dry them. Refrigerate in a large plastic bag, undried, if preparing ahead.
• Whisk together the dressing ingredients. Just before serving, place the greens in one or two large salad bowls. Divide the dressing evenly between the bowls. Toss well to combine.