Port Wine Spinach Salad With Sweet And Spicy Pecans Recipes

PORT WINE SPINACH SALAD WITH SWEET AND SPICY PECANS

Steps:

• To make dressing, reduce port wine to 3 tablespoons.
• Transfer port syrup to another container, and whisk in balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, and olive oil. Dressing may be made in advance, and re-whisked before serving.
• Bring water to a boil in a medium pot. Using a strainer or sieve, dip nuts in boiling water for one minute (this removes some of the bitterness).
• Transfer nuts to a bowl and immediately sprinkle with sugar. Mix until all of the sugar is melted.
• Heat canola oil on medium high heat in a nonstick pan. Sauté nuts for a few minutes. The nuts will become sort of candied.
• Scatter nuts on a plate and sprinkle with spices. Toss to coast. Stir occasionally as nuts are cooling. Nuts may be kept for up to one week.
• Toss spinach with dressing, and arrange apples, red onions, nuts, and blue cheese over the salad.

SPINACH SALAD WITH SWEET ROASTED PECANS AND GORGONZOLA WITH SHERRY SHALLOT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place spinach in serving bowl.
• Toss pecans with vegetable oil, sugar and salt. Lay out on baking sheet. Roast until shade darker and aromatic, about 7 to 8 minutes. Set aside.
• Make dressing by combining olive oil, vinegar, shallots and salt and pepper in a bowl and whisking together or place in sealable container and shake.
• Toss spinach with dressing, Gorgonzola and pecans.

SPINACH PECAN SALAD

Steps:

• Wash and dry the spinach until you're absolutely sure it's clean; spinach can hold a lot of grit. When you're sure it's clean and dry, put it in a salad bowl, and sprinkle it with salt, and squeeze the leaves gently with your hands. You'll find that the spinach "deflates," or sort of gets a bit limp and reduces in volume. Add the scallions to the bowl. Pour on the olive oil, and toss the salad thoroughly. Add the lemon juice, and toss again. Top with the pecans, and serve.

GINA'S SPINACH SALAD WITH SPICED PECANS

Steps:

• Pecans: Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Stir in all the spices and the pecans. Stir and toast the pecans for about 5 minutes. Transfer them to a plate to cool.
• Salad: Whisk together the Dijon mustard, shallots, and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl. Drizzle in the olive oil in a continuous stream, whisking to emulsify. Season with a pinch of sugar, and salt and pepper, to taste.
• Add the spinach to a large serving bowl. Toss the greens with the prepared dressing, the bacon, blue cheese, cherry tomatoes and spiced pecans.

SPINACH AND CITRUS SALAD WITH SWEET AND SPICY PECANS

Steps:

• Put the spinach and green onions in large salad bowl and sprinkle with the halved citrus supremes. In a small saute pan over medium heat, add the butter and sugar and stir until the butter is melted. Add the pecans and toss until the pecans begin to brown. Stir in the rosemary and cayenne and stir just a few seconds to release the aroma. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Sprinkle the pecans on the salad while still warm. Drizzle the dressing over salad and serve.
• In a small bowl, add all the ingredients and whisk until emulsified.

SWEET AND SPICY PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Melt the butter over medium high heat in a large skillet.
• Add the pecans and saute until toasted and brown, about 3 minutes.
• Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring very frequently, until caramelized.
• Stir in the paprika, chili powder and ground cumin.
• Stir to distribute evenly.
• Add the vinegar and cook until all the liquid has evaporated.
• Add salt to taste.
• Spread the pecans on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake in an oven until crisp, about 5 minutes.
• Cool completely on the cookie sheet.
• They will crisp up once as they cool.

SWEET AND SPICY PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl mix sugar, cinnamon, paprika, cayenne. Add pecans and toss well.
• Drizzle honey and oil over spiced nuts and mix well so they are evenly coated.
• Spread on greased baking sheet and bake 7 - 10 minutes until sugar is caramelized.
• Let it cool for 5 minutes and take it of the sheet otherwise they might stick to the bottom. If that happens put it back in oven to melt the sticky sugar.

SWEET & SPICY PECANS

Steps:

• Stir together 1/4 cup sugar and warm water until sugar dissolves. Add pecans; soak 10 minutes. Drain, discarding syrup.
• Combine 2 tbsp sugar, chili powder, and red pepper. Add pecans, tossing to coat. Place pecans on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, stirring once halfway through.

PECAN SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl, combine the spinach, pecans, bacon and blue cheese. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat.