Grilled Salmon And Grapefruit Salads With Honey Vinaigrette Recipes

GRILLED SALMON AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill. In small bowl, stir orange juice, shallots, honey, oil, mustard, 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper with whisk until well blended; set aside.
• Sprinkle salmon with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Carefully brush oil on grill rack. Spray salmon and onion slices with cooking spray. Place salmon and onion on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 10 minutes, turning once, until fish flakes easily with fork and onion is tender. Remove skin from fish.
• Cut onion into bite-size chunks; break fish into chunks. Divide salad greens among serving plates; top with grapefruit sections, onion and fish. Drizzle with vinaigrette.

GRAPEFRUIT AND HONEY SALMON

Steps:

• Juice 1 grapefruit into a bowl. Cut the peel and pith from the other grapefruit. Remove the flesh from the membranes with a sharp knife, adding any juice to the juice in the bowl. Reserve the grapefruit segments.
• Boil the reserved juice, honey and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small saucepan until reduced by half and slightly syrupy, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Toss the grapefruit segments with the shallots, oil, parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Bring a large, straight-sided skillet with 4 cups of well-salted water to a simmer; the water should cover the salmon. Add the salmon to the skillet and remove from the heat. Let the salmon cook in the hot water until just cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Transfer the salmon to paper towels and pat dry. Place on serving plates. Drizzle the salmon with the sauce and top with the grapefruit salad.

GRILLED SALMON AND GRAPEFRUIT SALADS WITH HONEY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Combine the honey, vinegar, lemon juice, and garlic in a small bowl. Gradually whisk in the oil. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and set aside.
• Heat a grill pan (or cast-iron skillet) over medium-high heat and brush with olive oil. Season the salmon with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and grill skin-side up until the flesh on the bottom is lightly charred, 3-4 minutes.
• Turn and grill skin-side down until just cooked through but still opaque in the middle, 2-3 minutes longer. Lift the salmon off its skin and place on a cutting board. (Discard skin.) When the salmon has cooled to about room temperature, break into bite-sized chunks.
• Place the lettuce greens, grapefruit pieces, mandarin oranges, and red onion in a large bowl. Drizzle with half the vinaigrette and toss lightly.
• Divide the salad between 2 plates. Top with salmon and slivered almonds. Serve right away.

GRAPEFRUIT & FENNEL SALAD WITH MINT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Cut a thin slice from the top and bottom of the grapefruit; stand grapefruit upright on a cutting board. With a knife, cut off peel and outer membrane from grapefruit. Cut along the membrane of each segment to remove fruit. Arrange fennel, grapefruit and onion on a serving platter., Place mint, vinegar, honey, salt and pepper in a small food processor; cover and process until mint is finely chopped. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Drizzle over salad.

GRILLED SALMON WITH CITRUS VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Combine garlic, lemon thyme, salt and pepper, olive oil.
• Pour over salmon.
• Grill salmon for 6 to 8 minutes on each side, or until done.
• Juice 1 of each fruit.
• Segment the remaining fruit.
• In a bowl, combine 1/4 cup fruit juice and other remaining ingredients (except citrus segments).
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Saute spinach with olive oil.
• Plate spinach and top with salmon.
• Drizzle with vinaigrette and top with citrus segments.