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| General Category : Salads and Salad Dressings |
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| Food Group : Vegetables, Nuts, Cheese/Other Dairy |
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| The sweetness of the maple-glazed pecans contrasts nicely with the sharpness of Asiago cheese. Asiago is a good grating cheese, so buy a piece and use a cheese shaver for attractive pieces. (A cheese shaver, as opposed to a grater, is a cheese cutter that produces wafer-thin slices of hard cheeses.) |
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Ingredients
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9 cups (2.25 L) mixed lettuce greens |
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1 cup (250 mL) pecan halves |
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1 tbsp (15 mL) maple syrup |
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Dressing: |
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1 tbsp (15 mL) red wine vinegar |
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2 tbsp (30 mL) extra-virgin olive oil |
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1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt |
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Pinch pepper |
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1 oz (30 g) Asiago cheese, shaved |
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Preparation
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Wash greens and spin dry. Wrap in clean tea towel in plastic bag, or store greens in salad spinner in refrigerator until needed.
Place pecans in large dry skillet over medium heat. Stir a few minutes until fragrant. Stir maple syrup into nuts and cook a few minutes or until well-coated and syrup is absorbed into nuts. Transfer to parchment-lined plate to cool. Before serving, break any pecans apart that stick together.
Dressing: Whisk together vinegar, oil, salt and pepper, cover and refrigerate until serving.
To serve, re-whisk and toss greens with dressing. Arrange on plates and top each salad with pecans and shaved cheese.
Makes 6 servings.
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Nutritional information
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Per Serving: 209 cal, 19 g fat, 8 g carb, 4 g protein,
2 g fibre, 171 m g sodium. |
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Calories : 209
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Source
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Excellent source folate. Good source thiamine.
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