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Orange Pomegranate Salad with Buttermilk Dressing - Cooking with Tami
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Orange Pomegranate Salad with Buttermilk Dressing

This side dish makes a festive holiday presentation at the Christmas table.
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Course: Christmas
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Dressing
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon orange zest
  • 2 Tablespoons orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon minced shallot
  • ½ teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Salad
  • 1 large bunch spinach
  • 3 oranges
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds
  • ½ shallot sliced paper thin
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh chopped rosemary leaves (plus a few leaves for garnish)
  • sea salt and freshly ground pepper

Method
 

Dressing
  1. For the dressing, whisk the orange zest, orange juice, vinegar, mustard, and buttermilk into the olive oil.           
  2. Add the shallots, rosemary, and sea salt.
Salad
  1. For the salad, cut the very top and very bottom off of the oranges.
  2. Carefully slice off the peel, removing the white pith while sparing as much flesh as possible.  Cut int ½" slices.
  3. Place the spinach in a bowl and pour most of the dressing over the spinach and toss.
  4. Spread the spinach on a large platter and add the oranges.
  5. Scatter with pomegranate seeds and shallots.
  6. Finish with a final drizzle of dressing, a scattering of rosemary leaves, a pinch of sea salt, and several twists of fresh pepper.

Notes

Recipe prepared by my friend Ashley.