Spinach Salad With Oranges And Warm Goat Cheese

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons	45ml	Navel oranges (small)
6 oz	170g	Fresh mild goat cheese
		= (preferably in log form)
1/3 cup	48g / 1.7oz	Pecans - (1 1/2 oz) - finely chopped
1 teaspoon	5ml	Whole-grain mustard
1 teaspoon	5ml	White-wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Kosher salt
1		Sugar
2 tablespoons	30ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Spinach - trimmed
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Red onion - sliced thin rings (small)

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cut peel and white pith from oranges with a sharp small knife. Working over a sieve set over a bowl, cut orange sections free from membranes, letting sections drop into sieve.

Cut goat cheese into fourths and gently form into a disk. Dip into pecans all over each disk to coat. Bake on a small baking sheet in middle of oven until heated through, about 5 minutes.

Measure out 1 tablespoon orange juice from bowl and whisk together with mustard, vinegar, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Add oil and whisk until blended.

Add spinach, onion, and orange sections to dressing and toss well. Season with pepper. Divide among 4 salad plates and carefully transfer 1 goat-cheese disk to each salad.

This recipe yields 4 (first-course) servings.

Source:
SARA'S SECRETS with Sara Moulton - (Show # SS-1A10) - from the TV - FOOD NETWORK

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