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Bright, Colorful Radicchio & Citrus Winter Salad

Recipe by: Noreen Wasti

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Time: 20 minutes

SERVINGS: 4

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Brightland's Chef in Residence, Noreen Wasti, has shared the ultimate winter salad to help you start the new year feeling your best. This layered salad is full of crunchy texture and sweet, punchy flavor.

"The Jan-Feb lull of winter can hit hard and this salad is perfect for those dreary days. A little blush toned radicchio and bright colored citrus is a sight for sore eyes. Dressed with a honey and sumac vinaigrette made with Brightland's Orange Blossom Honey, Parasol Champagne Vinegar, and Awake Extra Virgin Olive Oil, it’s incredibly sweet, tangy, and herbaceous. If you haven’t used sumac before, it’s going to be your new favorite ingredient — derived from sumac berries that have been ground into a coarse powder, it’s lemony and punchy. Sprinkle it on everything from eggs to salads to roast veggies." - Noreen Wasti

Ingredients

1 shallot, minced
1 tsp sumac
1 Tbsp of Brightland California Orange Blossom Honey
3 Tbsp of Brightland Parasol Champagne Vinegar
1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp of Brightland Awake Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cara cara orange
1 blood orange
Handful of kumquats
8.8 ounce block of halloumi cheese
About 1 lb radicchio, leaves gently torn (look for a few different varieties of radicchio if possible — rosa del veneto, treviso, tardivo, castelfranco, grumolo
Seared halloumi cheese
Handful toasted pumpkin seeds
Sumac, for finishing
Flaky salt, for finishing

Instructions

Combine the minced shallot, sumac, Orange Blossom Honey, Parasol Champagne vinegar, Awake Extra Virgin Olive Oil, salt, and pepper in a jar.
Shake well till it comes together, taste for seasoning.
Remove the peel and pith from the cara cara orange, slice into rounds.
Remove the peel and pith from the blood orange, segment into wedges.
Slice the kumquats thinly.
Cut the halloumi cheese into 1/3 inch slices.
Sear in a skillet over medium heat till golden brown on both sides (about 2-3 minutes per side).
On a large serving plate start layering the radicchio and dressing each layer with the vinaigrette.
Add the halloumi cheese into the crevices while continuing to build up the salad and dressing each layer.
Add the citrus into the nooks of the radicchio leaves and finish the salad with a handful of pumpkin seeds, sprinkle of sumac, flaky salt, and the remainder of the vinaigrette.