Top Secret Orange Marmalade Salad

This recipe was originally posted on my seattlepi.com blog.

This vinaigrette was my best kept secret. Until now.
It is ridiculously good and quick to make, yet sophisticated. You won’t believe it until you try it.
Orange marmalade is a food item I always keep in the pantry or in the fridge (after opening) since we love this vinaigrette. I also use it in marinades, not to mention on a crispy toast of bread. Try it with this salad.

Green salad with fruit and goodies
This is more a list of ingredients than a recipe. Play with it, mix and match, and use quantities according to your liking.

Ingredients for salad:
Any combination and type of lettuce, arugula, mixed greens
Grapefruit and/or orange, peeled and cut to segments. Squeeze the middle core of the fruit (what is left after you cut out the segments) and add the juice to the vinaigrette.
Apple, pear
A handful of walnuts and/or pecans, toasted and chopped
Dried cranberries, or other type of berry
Goat/Blue cheese, crumbled

For the Orange vinaigrette:
In general, I do it this way – 1 part orange marmalade: 1 part apple cider vinegar: 2 parts evoo (extra virgin olive oil)

1 tablespoon orange marmalade
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or other fruity and mild vinegar)
2 tablespoon fruity evoo
Salt
Black pepper, ground

Whisk all the ingredients, with juiced center of fruit, in a bowl, or shake in a jar.

Place all salad ingredients in a bowl. Add vinaigrette. Toss gently and serve.

Oh, and let me know if you like it.

Nurit

See also: Roasted chicken with orange-mustard marinade, yellow jasmine rice, steamed broccoli