Tricolore Salad Of Endive Beet And Arugula Pantzaria Salata Recipes

ARUGULA ENDIVE SALAD WITH WHITE WINE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For the vinaigrette:
• Mix the wine, lemon juice, honey, mustard, salt, and pepper in a blender. With the machine running gradually blend in the oil. Season the vinaigrette to taste with more salt and pepper, if desired.
• For the salad:
• In a large bowl combine the arugula, endive, and walnuts. Toss with 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette to coat and adding more vinaigrette, if desired. Serve immediately. Any remaining vinaigrette can be saved in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 days and should be brought up to room temperature before using.

BEET AND ENDIVE SALAD WITH WALNUTS

Steps:

• Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the sherry vinegar, balsamic vinegar, salt to taste, Dijon mustard and garlic until combined well. Whisk in the olive oil and the walnut oil. Add freshly ground pepper to taste.
• Combine the salad ingredients in a large bowl. Toss with the dressing and serve.

TRICOLORE SALAD OF ENDIVE, BEET, AND ARUGULA, PANTZARIA SALATA

Steps:

• Place washed, but not trimmed or peeled beets on top of 1 cup salt on a baking sheet, and roast in a 350 degrees F oven for 1 1/2 hours, or until fork-tender. Let cool. Wearing gloves or holding with a piece of plastic wrap, cut off stems, and peel. Cut each beet in half, cut in 1/2 inch slices, then medium dice by cutting in the opposite direction.
• Toast nuts in a 400 degrees F oven for 15 minutes, tossing once.
• Combine all of the vinaigrette ingredients, mixing well, adding nuts when cool.
• Trim the end of the endive, cut in half, separating the leaves for each half, but reforming each as 1/2 a head of endive. For each salad, place 1/2 cup beets, 1 cup arugula, an 1/2 endive on a plate. For each salad begin with 1/3 cup vinaigrette, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a medium bowl. Toss each of the three components, separately in the vinaigrette, making sure to toss the beets last. Top with 1/8 cup of shaved parmesan.
• Repeat for remaining three salads. Serve immediately. Reserve left-over dressing.

ENDIVE SALAD WITH BEETS AND BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut the tops off the beets and set them aside. Bake the beets in their skins until tender (about one hour). Remove from the oven, cool and peel.
• Meanwhile, slice the endive leaves longways and arrange them in a fan-like circle on a round platter. Chop the beet leaves and saute them in olive oil until wilted. Season with salt and pepper and mound them in the center when cooled. Chop the beets and place them in a circle around the greens.
• Crumble the blue cheese and sprinkle it over the endive leaves. Sprinkle on the walnuts and the parsley.
• Combine the ingredients for the salad dressing in a small bowl. Season to taste, remove the garlic, pour the dressing over the vegetables and serve.

ARUGULA AND ENDIVE SALAD

Steps:

• Trim off and discard the bottom stems of arugula. Rinse the upper leaves well and drain. Dry.
• Pull off and discard any tough or marred outer leaves of the endive. Cut off and discard the bottom of each endive head. Separate the leaves of endive, rinse and dry.
• Spoon the mustard and balsamic and red-wine vinegars into a mixing bowl. Add salt and pepper, and start stirring vigorously with a whisk while gradually adding the oil.
• Put the greens into a mixing or salad bowl and gradually add the dressing, tossing gently with a salad fork and spoon. Add only enough to coat the leaves. Leftover dressing may be covered and refrigerated.

TRICOLOR SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together white-wine vinegar, mustard, and sugar in a large bowl. Slowly whisk in olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Add endive, radicchio, and arugula, and toss until well combined.