DRAGON WALDORF SALAD

DRAGON WALDORF SALAD image

Categories Salad Fish Fruit Leafy Green Nut Vegetable Marinate Dinner Salad Dressing Apple Grill/Barbecue

Yield 6 Salads

Number Of Ingredients 29

Ingredients

The Salad
1 Head of Napa Cabbage, reserve enough of the green ends of the leaves for garnish, cut one-inch off the root end and discard, rough chop remaining Napa.
1 Small head Romaine lettuce, bitter ends removed, cut off one-inch of the root end, rough chop remaining Romanie
1/2 Red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
1 Cup thinly sliced safir celery
1 Red delicious apple, cored; 1/2 sliced thinly, 1/2 cubed tossed lightly in lemon juice
1 Golden delicious apple, cored; 1/2 sliced thinly, 1/2 cubed tossed lightly in lemon juice
4 Persian cucumbers, cut in half lengthwise and sliced on the bias
1 Dragon fruit, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Combined all ingredients and toss with Dragon Dressing.
Candied Ghost Walnuts
4 Cups walnut halves
1 Cup confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. ground smoked dried ghost chilies
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground thyme
Dragon Dressing
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup mayonnaise
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp. gray sea salt
1/2 tsp. fresh cracked black pepper
2 Tbsp. fresh chopped dill
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives
3 Tbsp. fresh chopped tarragon
6 8-ounce Salmon fillets for dinner entrÃ©e
or
6 2-ounce Salmon fillets for diner salad

Steps:

To make the dressing: Combine all of the ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk well. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Chill until ready to serve. Note: The dressing will keep well in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. The dressing will thicken up to more of a dip consistency as it chills. To make the Candied Ghost Walnuts Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add walnuts to boiling water and blanch for one minute. Drain and transfer walnuts to a large stainless steel bowl. While the walnuts are still slightly wet and still hot , add confectioners' sugar and toss well to ensure all nuts are coated . Continue tossing until all sugar has melted into the nuts and no white bits of sugar remain. Toss Nuts again before frying. Using a 6" stainless steel skimmer, transfer walnuts, in small batches (being careful that the hot oil does not foam over and burn you). Fry nuts until golden brown about one minute. Be careful not to overcook nuts. Scatter nuts on an unlined baking pan to cool slightly. In a small bowl combine smoked ghost chilies, nutmeg and thyme. Mix well. While nuts are still warm transfer to a stainless steel bowl and sprinkle with half of the spice mix. Toss well to distribute the spice mix. Add the rest of the spice mix and toss until all nuts are coated. Cool. Transfer nuts to an airtight container. Nuts will keep for up to two weeks at room temperature. For the Grilled Salmon: Light a grill and preheat. Oil the grate . Brush the salmon fillets with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the salmon fillets flesh side down over moderate heat for about 3 minutes. Turn salmon 45Â° and grill about 3 minutes longer, until the salmon is nearly cooked through. Flip salmon (skin side down and cook one minute on grill to char skin. Remove from heat and transfer to salad.