ROMAINE SALAD WITH TEXAS RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT AND ROQUEFORT IN POMEGRANATE-PORT VINAIGRETTE

Romaine Salad with Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit and Roquefort in Pomegranate-Port Vinaigrette image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 25m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

1/3 cup ruby port
1/3 cup orange juice
1 cup pomegranate juice, or cranberry juice
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon shallots, minced
1 egg yolk* (See Disclaimer)
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 cup safflower or peanut oil
2 tablespoons walnut oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
8 cups romaine hearts, cleaned and torn
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 1/2 cups ruby red grapefruit segments, about 2 grapefruits
3/4 cup Roquefort cheese, crumbled
3/4 cup walnuts, lightly toasted and skins rubbed off
Seeds from 1 ripe pomegranate

Steps:

Combine the port, juices, and garlic in a nonreactive saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer until reduced to 1/3 cup. Put the shallots in a stainless bowl, strain the reduction over them, and cool. Add the egg yolk, port reduction, and red wine vinegar to a bowl and whisk to combine. Combine the safflower and walnut oils and drizzle into the yolk mixture, whisking to emulsify. Season with salt and pepper.
Dress the romaine with the pomegranate-port vinaigrette and season with salt and pepper. Divide between 8 chilled plates. Divide the grapefruit segments between the salads. Sprinkle crumbled Roquefort, then walnuts, and finally pomegranate seeds on top of the salads. Serve immediately.