Spinach Salad With Red Wine Vinaigrette Food

SPINACH SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk olive oil, sugar, ketchup, red wine vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce together in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar melts and dressing is creamy, 3 to 5 minutes.

SAUTEED MUSHROOMS ON RED WINE VINAIGRETTE SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the 1/4 cup oil, vinegar, shallots, and Dijon for the vinaigrette in a small bowl or measuring cup; season with salt & pepper. Set vinaigrette aside.
• Saute mushrooms and garlic in the 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons unsalted butter until mushrooms are slightly softened, 5-8 minutes; toss with parsley.
• Toss spinach with vinaigrette. Divide spinach among 6 salad plates; top each salad with warm mushroom mixture.
• Serve salads immediately.

SPINACH SALAD WITH SWEET VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, add the eggs and a few pinches of salt. Cover the eggs with cold water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove the pan from the heat and cover with a lid for 10 minutes. Remove from water and cool in a bowl of iced water. Peel and set aside.
• In a large saute pan over medium heat, add the oil. Add the onions and bacon and saute until the bacon is crisp. Stir in the vinegar, mustard, sugar, black pepper and salt and cook for 1 minute. Set aside and keep warm.
• In a large serving bowl add the spinach, avocado and the lemon juice to keep avocado from turning brown. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cut the eggs into quarters and add to the bowl. Ladle desired amount of dressing on the salad and serve.

SPINACH SALAD WITH GRILLED RED ONION AND TAHINI VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For Vinaigrette:
• Combine all ingredients except oil in blender and blend well. Gradually blend in oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• For Salad:
• Cut onions lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick wedges, leaving root ends intact. Place onions in 15x10-inch glass baking dish. Pour 1 cup vinaigrette over onions, coating evenly. Let marinate 3 hours. Chill remaining dressing. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill onions.)
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high-heat) or preheat broiler. Sprinkle onions with salt and pepper. Grill or broil onions until golden. turning occasionally, about 12 minutes. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
• Place spinach in large bowl. Toss with enough vinaigrette to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Fill radicchio leaves with spinach. Top with grilled onions. Pass remaining dressing separately.

SIMPLE RED WINE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and let sit at room temperature until sugar is dissolved, mixing occasionaly.

SPINACH SALAD WITH RED CURRANT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Hull the strawberries and cut them in half. Remove the stems from the spinach. Chop the onion. Melt the red currant jelly with the mango vinegar in a small pot over medium-low heat. Let cool.
• Combine the spinach, strawberries, mandarin oranges, and onions together in a bowl. Stir the dressing and pour it over the salad. Toss gently to coat.