Best Radicchio Pear And Fennel Salad With Anise Orange Dressing Recipes

Radicchio, Pear, and Fennel Salad with Anise Orange Dressing image

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

For dressing
1/3 cup fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon anise seeds, coarsely ground with a mortar and pestle or in an electric coffee/spice grinder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
For salad
1 (1 1/4-lb) fennel bulb (sometimes called anise; preferably with fronds), quartered lengthwise
2 pears
1 3/4 lb radicchio (2 medium heads), thinly sliced

Steps:

Make dressing:
Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a large bowl until combined well.
Make salad:
Tear enough fennel fronds, if using, into small sprigs to measure 1/2 cup. Trim fennel stalks flush with bulb and discard stalks. Cut out and discard core of bulb, then cut bulb lengthwise into thin strips. Peel and core pears, then cut into 3-inch-long matchsticks. Add fennel strips and fronds to dressing along with pears and radicchio and toss well.

Fennel-Radicchio Salad image

Yield Makes 2 Servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 shallot, minced
1 small fresh fennel bulb, trimmed, cut vertically into thin slices
1 1/2 cups bite-size pieces radicchio
3 tablespoons sliced pitted black olives

Steps:

Whisk 3 tablespoons olive oil, lemon juice and minced shallot to blend in small bowl. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
Toss fennel and radicchio with dressing in medium bowl. Divide salad between 2 plates. Garnish with sliced olives and serve.