Featured in our Holiday 2015 Issue, Mix & Mingle, this endive salad with roasted beets, blue cheese and honey-sherry vinaigrette is our Entertaining Editors go-to recipe for the holidays.
Endive Salad with Roasted Beets, Blue Cheese and Honey-Sherry Vinaigrette
Course: SaladsIngredients
- For the vinaigrette:
¼ cup sherry vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup grapeseed oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- For the salad:
2 small beets, 1 red and 1 golden
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 heads green Belgian endive
2 heads red Belgian endive
3 large blood oranges
½ cup blue cheese, crumbled (optional, for garnish)
½ cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped (optional, for garnish)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Make the vinaigrette by combining vinegar and honey in a small bowl. Whisk in oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash beets and pierce all over with a fork. Rub with a little bit of oil and wrap in foil. Bake about 20 minutes or until tender when pierced with a knife. Let cool.
- Core endive and wash leaves; pat dry. Segment oranges by cutting off the tops and bottoms of the oranges and then cutting off the skin. Remove segments using a sharp knife, being careful to cut away the white pith. Peel beets and dice.
- Combine endive and oranges in a large bowl and toss with vinaigrette. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- To serve, divide among plates and garnish with cheese and hazelnuts, if desired.
Notes
- Recipe from Soirée: Entertaining with Style by Danielle Rollins.