Spinach, Blood Orange And Macadamia Nut Salad

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts
• 4 blood oranges (if unavailable, you can use regular oranges)
• 5 cups baby spinach leaves, washed, stemmed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces
• 1 cup cooked corn
• 1/2 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoons hazelnut oil
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh blood orange juice, reserved from sectioning fruit

Recipe

• 1 in a small dry skillet, toast macadamia nuts over medium heat until light golden brown and fragrent, about 2 to 3 minutes; remove from heat.
• 2 peel and section oranges over bowl to catch juices.
• 3 cut segments into 1/2-inch dice.
• 4 reserve juice for dressing.
• 5 in large bowl, combine toasted nuts, orange, spinach and corn.
• 6 make dressing: in small bowl, combine garlic, mustard, salt and pepper to taste.
• 7 with fork, mash to smooth paste.
• 8 add vinegar and whisk until smooth.
• 9 whisk in oil in thin stream until dressing had thickened.
• 10 whisk in reserved orange juice.
• 11 correct seasoning, adding salt or orange juice to taste.
• 12 just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss until spinach is lightly coated.