LOUISIANA SUNBURST SALAD

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A delightfully flavorful salad that give you a twist on taste with cinnamon and tabasco sauce. It's a tweaked recipe from Chef Robert Bruce at the Palace Café on Canal Street in New Orleans. If you don't have raspberry vinegar, you can soak a raspberry teabag in the required amount of regular vinegar overnight. I used Celestial Seasons Raspberry Zinger. Works great!

Provided by trishaj

Categories     Salad Dressings

Time 15m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

11 ounces mesclun (mixed baby lettuces, like mâche, frisée, radicchio, baby spinach, etc.)
2 ounces dried cranberries
2 ounces almonds, sliced and toasted
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 ounce vegetable oil
salt & freshly ground black pepper
2 ounces crumbed Stilton cheese (or blue cheese)
2 ounces ruby port
2 ounces raspberry vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1 ounce water
5 dashes Tabasco sauce (can add a couple of more if your daring!)

Steps:

  • Soak the cranberries overnight in the port.
  • (If you're not using raspberry vinegar, soak your teabag at this time as well; see recipe description).
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the oil, water, vinegar, Tabasco and cinnamon and whisk until emulsified. Add the lettuces and toss. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Separate the greens onto four plates and garnish each salad with crumbled cheese, cranberries and almonds.

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