Best Wilted Brussels Sprouts Salad With Warm Apple Cider Dressing Recipes

Wilted Brussels Sprouts Salad with Warm Apple-Cider Dressing image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 pound brussels sprouts, trimmed
4 ounces spinach (about 3 cups lightly packed leaves), washed, stems removed
1 small head radicchio
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1/3 cup apple-cider vinegar
2 tablespoons honey mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Goat cheese, for garnish
Toasted caraway seeds, for garnish

Steps:

Thinly slice brussels sprouts crosswise into strips. Repeat with spinach leaves and radicchio. Place brussels sprouts, spinach, and radicchio in a large bowl, and toss to combine; set aside.
In a small saucepan, whisk together garlic, apple-cider vinegar, honey mustard, sugar, salt, and pepper over medium heat. Slowly drizzle in olive oil while whisking constantly. Bring to a simmer, and cook until mixture thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Pour over brussels sprouts mixture, and toss to combine. Serve salad warm, garnished with goat cheese and caraway seeds, or store in refrigerator up to 2 days, and serve cold.

Warm Wilted Winter Greens image

Provided by Tyler Florence

Categories side-dish

Time 35m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 pint walnuts, for garnish
3 bunches assorted winter greens (such as Swiss chard, radicchio, or escarole), washed, stemmed, and torn into pieces
1 tablespoon grainy mustard
Extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup pomegranate seeds, for garnish
Parmesan shavings, for garnish
1 shallot, chopped, for garnish

Steps:

Cook honey and balsamic together over medium-high heat in a large saute pan, about 5 minutes. Toast walnuts in a small skillet; set aside to cool.
Pile greens on a platter. Stir mustard into balsamic-honey dressing, then whisk in about 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil; pour over greens. Season greens with salt and pepper and garnish with walnuts, pomegranate seeds, shavings of Parmesan, and shallot.

Wilted Spinach Salad with Warm Apple Cider and Bacon Dressing image

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

5 slices of lean bacon, chopped fine
2 tablespoons minced shallot
1/2 cup finely chopped apple
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 1/2 cups unpasteurized apple cider
1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound fresh spinach, coarse stems discarded and the leaves washed well and spun dry

Steps:

In a large skillet cook the bacon over moderate heat, turning it, until it is crisp, transfer it to paper towels to drain, and discard all but 2 tablespoons of the fat. In the fat remaining in the skillet cook the shallot and the apple over moderate heat, stirring, for 1 minute, add the vinegar, the cider, and salt and pepper to taste, and boil the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until it is reduced to about 1/2 cup. Whisk in the mustard, the oil, and salt and pepper to taste. In a large bowl toss the spinach with the warm dressing until it is just wilted and sprinkle the salad with the bacon.