Baby Spinach Salad with Candied Hazelnuts
(from shawn’s recipe box)
Source: Maureen Callahan, Cooking Light, MAY 2004
Serves 4 peopleCategories: Salads
Ingredients
- * 1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts
- * 1 1/2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- * 1 1/2 teaspoons egg white
- * 1/8 teaspoon salt
- * Cooking spray
- * 2 teaspoons fresh orange juice
- * 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted hazelnut oil
- * 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- * 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- * 1 (7-ounce) package fresh baby spinach (about 8 cups)
- * 1 cup orange sections (about 4 oranges)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°.
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Combine the first 4 ingredients, tossing well to coat. Place hazelnut mixture on a nonstick baking sheet coated with cooking spray; bake at 350° for 6 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven; cool.
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Combine juice and next 4 ingredients (juice through pepper), stirring well with a whisk. Place the spinach in a large bowl; drizzle with juice mixture. Toss gently to coat. Place about 1 3/4 cups salad mixture on each of 4 plates; top with 1/4 cup orange sections and 1 tablespoon hazelnut mixture.