Warmpeachandprosciuttosalad Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the cabbage, carrot, squash, bell pepper, and onion in the oil until the onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the red wine, almonds, and walnuts into the vegetable mixture, reduce heat to low, and simmer 5 minutes.
• While the vegetable mixture simmers, heat a small skillet over medium heat; cook the peach slices in the skillet until completely warmed, about 5 minutes.
• Place 2 cups of the baby greens on each of 2 plates. Top each portion of the greens with about half of the vegetable mixture and the warmed peaches. Drizzle each salad with about half of the raspberry vinaigrette. Serve promptly.

Steps:

• For the Dressing: combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
• Saute seafood in olive oil until the fish is almost cooked through and the shellfish is open. Discard any unopened shellfish. Add dressing to finish cooking. Make a bed with the greens, arrange vegetables around the sides, and add seafood on top.

Steps:

• Cut pears lengthwise into quarters. Peel, core, and cut each quarter into approximately 1-inch chuncks; place in a small bowl. Add 2 teaspoons olive oil, honey, dry mustard, salt, and pepper, and toss well.
• Place a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add pears and onions, and cook, shaking the skillet a few times, until pears are golden brown and onions are slightly wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer pears, onions, and any juices to a bowl. Add endive, watercress, cheese, remaining olive oil, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce, and toss together gently. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve warm.

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, saute pear slices for 2-3 minutes on each side or until tender. On salad plates, arrange the greens, pears, onion, blue cheese and sunflower kernels. , In a blender, combine the vinaigrette ingredients; cover and process until smooth. Drizzle over salads.

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a pot with cold water and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer gently for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and place the potatoes on a serving platter.
• While potatoes are cooking, place the bacon in a skillet and saute until crisp. Remove the bacon, reserving 1 1/2 tablespoons of the bacon fat in the skillet. Place it over low heat and, using a wire whisk, make a roux by stirring in the flour and allowing it to cook for 5 minutes until thick and smooth. Remove from heat.
• In a saucepan, warm the chicken broth. Whisk in the roux. In a small bowl mix together the mustard, sugar, celery seed, cider vinegar, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Add the mixture to the roux mixture and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until thickened slightly.
• Pour sauce over potatoes, sprinkle with reserved bacon and scallions, toss and serve warm.

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in a small pot with plenty of water for about 20 minutes, or until tender. After about 10 minutes, prick the sausages and put them in a small skillet that you've rubbed with oil. Brown on both sides, and cook slowly, turning occasionally, for a total of about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, make the dressing by mixing all the dressing ingredients in a bowl. When the potatoes are ready, drain them and cut them into fairly thick slices (no need to peel them, unless you prefer to). Toss the warm potatoes with the vinaigrette. At this point, the sausages should be ready. Remove them to a plate, and add a splash of red wine to the pan, cooking it down quickly until it is syrupy. Pour this bit of pan juice over however much of the sausage you plan to eat right away, and serve it to yourself with the warm potato salad.
• Second Round
• I've deliberately called for more sausage here than I would eat in one sitting, because I like to have some cooked sausage in the fridge to use in a frittata or an omelet or a hearty soup, or to add to a pasta sauce. It's very handy. So determine for yourself how much sausage you want to cook.