Spinach Salad With Stilton Cheese And Malt Vinaigrette Food

SPINACH SALAD WITH DIJON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl, combine spinach and mushrooms; set aside. For dressing, combine onion, salt, pepper and mustard in a bowl. Whisk in vinegar until well combined. Gradually whisk in oil, beating until thick. Stir in lemon juice., Pour dressing over spinach and toss well to coat. Sprinkle bacon over spinach and toss. Serve immediately.

SPINACH SALAD WITH WHITE STILTON AND FRUIT

Steps:

• Wash and drain spinach thoroughly.
• Mix with other ingredients and enjoy!

GOAT CHEESE AND SPINACH SALAD WITH WARM VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Several hours before serving, remove the Bucheron from the refrigerator (it should be very cold); pull off the skin that encircles the cheese.
• With a sharp knife, cut the Bucheron into 6 thin slices and place on a large plate.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature until ready to assemble the salad. (If the edges crumble a bit, don't worry--put the crumbled cheese aside with the slices.).
• Wash the spinach in a sink filled with cold water, pulling the stems off the leaves.
• Drain in a colander and dry thoroughly with paper towels.
• Tear the leaves into pieces and set aside in a salad bowl.
• Combine the shallot, mustard, basil, sugar, salt, pepper to taste, vinegar, and oil in a small bowl and reserve.
• When ready to serve, toss the spinach with 3 tablespoons of the vinaigrette--enough to barely coat the leaves.
• Arrange the spinach on 6 salad plates and arrange a slice of cheese on top of each bed of spinach.
• In a small saucepan, warm the remaining vinaigrette over moderate heat.
• As it comes just to a simmer, drizzle it in equal portions over the cheese and spinach.
• Serve immediately.

SPINACH AND CHEESE OMELET WITH FARM FRUIT SALAD IN CHAMPAGNE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For the omelet: In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until well-whipped. Add the chives, thyme, salt and pepper, whisking together. Next, in a nonstick omelet pan over medium-high heat, add the oil and allow the pan to heat until hot. Turn the heat off, add the spinach and toss: This step should be done quickly, being careful not overcook or wilt the spinach. Next, place the same pan over high heat, allow the pan to get hot, reduce the heat to medium, and add the whisked eggs. Once the eggs have been added, continue to cook over medium heat, folding the exterior towards the middle of the pan. This folding and blending will ensure that the eggs cook evenly and do not brown. Once the eggs are almost fully cooked, after 2 to 3 minutes, add the spinach and cheese to the center of the eggs. Then fold one side over the spinach with a spatula and repeat with the other side. Finally, flip the filled omelet over and plate.
• For the vinaigrette: In a large bowl, whisk together the chile paste, vinegar, salt, and honey until well mixed, 1 minute. Next, slowly pour in the grapeseed oil, whisking constantly to emulsify. Be sure not add the oil too quickly as this will cause the dressing to break. Taste for seasoning.
• To assemble: Toss the fruit with the vinaigrette. Use a slotted spoon to portion the fruit to the plate with omelet and garnish with the sliced mint.

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.

BABY SPINACH SALAD WITH THYME AND DIJON VINAIGRETTE WITH CRISP SWISS CHEESE CRISPS

Steps:

• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add shredded Swiss in small, 2-inch piles to the hot skillet. When the cheese fries to a light golden color at the edges, about 1 minute, and can be moved with a thin spatula, turn the cheese rounds, cook another 15 seconds, then remove rounds from the skillet and transfer rounds to a work surface to cool. The cheese crisps will cool within a minute or so. Repeat to form 12 to 16 crisps, 3 or 4 per salad. Crisps may also be flavored with cracked black pepper and chopped thyme or other herbs.
• Place spinach in a bowl. After slicing your apple, squeeze a wedge of lemon over the slices to keep them from browning. Toss apples with spinach. For dressing, combine thyme, Dijon mustard and vinegar with a whisk. Stream in olive oil while continuing to whisk dressing. Pour dressing over the salad and toss to coat greens and apple evenly. Pile salad onto cheese roundss and serve.

BABY SPINACH SALAD WITH STILTON "CAESAR" DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine the first 9 ingredients in the food processor until well mixed. Separately combine the egg yolks, vinegar, and lemon juice. Add to mixture in food processor. While processing slowly add oils until incorporated. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• For the Salad: To make the tuiles, sprinkle the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano on a non-stick pan in a ring mold and cook it slowly on top of the stove or on a non-stick pan in a preheated low oven about 280 degrees until dry. Lightly toss the baby spinach in a bowl with the dressing. Stack the spinach salad on individual plates, laying a tuile halfway up and on top of the salad. Place the crumbled Stilton around the spinach.

SPINACH SALAD WITH STILTON CHEESE AND MALT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• 1. In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper; slowly whisk in oil. (Vinaigrette can be made up to 1 day ahead). 2. In a large bowl, toss spinach, onion and bell pepper with enough of the vinaigrette to lightly coat. Top with cheese.

SPINACH SALAD WITH CRANBERRY AND MAPLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Wash and dry the spinach leaves. Place on a large serving platter. Sprinkle the pecans, cranberries, and onion rings on top of spinach.
• Place the vinegar, cranberry juice, maple syrup, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake or whisk until well combined.
• Add the vegetable oil and shake again. Just before serving, shake the vinaigrette once more and pour it over the salad.

SPINACH SALAD WITH APRICOT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• To make the vinaigrette: Add all the vinaigrette ingredients to a small bowl; whisk until well blended; set aside.
• To make salad: Add all salad ingredients to a large bowl; toss to mix.
• Drizzle Apricot Vinaigrette over salad; toss to coat.
• Season to taste with salt/pepper if needed.

PEAR-AND-SPINACH SALAD WITH GOAT CHEESE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Place spinach in a salad bowl.
• Toss pear slices with lemon juice and add to bowl.
• Place remaining ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.
• Toss vinaigrette with salad.

SPINACH SALAD WITH MAPLE-DIJON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk.
• Add mushrooms and remaining ingredients; toss well to coat.

BASIL SPINACH SALAD WITH LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Hard boil eggs, peel and set aside.
• Wash spinach, removing tough ends, and tear into bite size pieces and place in large salad bowl.
• Add chiffonade of basil to spinach.
• Wash the mushrooms and slice thin, add to salad bowl.
• Wash tomato, dice; adding to salad bowl.
• Peel, pit and slice avocado, lengthwise, place in salad bowl along with feta cheese.
• Remove about 1 teaspoon of lime zest, cut lime in half and juice.
• In a blender jar, combine the lime zest and juice with remaining ingredients for the vinaigrette, pulse until thoroughly blended, pour over salad ingredients tossing to coat.
• Divide salad mixture into 4 equal portions and place on chilled salad plates.
• Thinly slice egg and garnish each salad with egg slices.
• Add a few grinds of fresh black pepper and serve.

KITTENCAL'S SPINACH SALAD WITH BALSAMIC HONEY-DIJON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For the dressing; in a bowl whisk together garlic, salt, Dijon, honey and balsamic vinegar; add in olive oil in a slow steady stream until emulsified.
• Adjust honey amount adding in more if desired for a sweeter taste, then season with more salt if needed, and black pepper.
• Chill for a minimum of 2 hours before using.
• For salad; place the spinach leaves in a large glass bowl; top with sliced mushrooms, bacon, blue cheese or feta cheese, croutons and sliced red onion (if using).
• Toss all ingredients together with salad forks.
• Season with black pepper (and salt if desired).
• Place the egg wedges all around inside edges of bowl.
• Serve with prepared dressing on the side.