This Radicchio Salad is a bright and flavorful dish, using ingredients from your local farmer’s market. Loaded up with citrus, avocado, pistachios, and topped with a champagne shallot vinaigrette, this salad is a refreshing treat. This easy-to-follow recipe is quick, easy to make, and just as delicious as it is beautiful. Read on to make this delightful recipe a la Chloe’s Kitchen for spring and beyond. Enjoy! x
Chloe's Radicchio Salad
For the salad:
3-4 heads of radicchio rosa lettuce
1 cara orange, peeled and sliced into segments
2 blood oranges, peeled and sliced into segments
1 avocado, sliced
4 radishes, thinly sliced in a mandolin
1/3 cup roasted, unsalted pistachios, finely diced
For the vinaigrette:
1.5 tbsp dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 shallot, finely diced
1 tsp honey
1/4 cup champagne vinegar
Maldon sea salt and black pepper (measured with the heart and the taste buds)
1/2-2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Dash of worcestershire sauce
Step 1: Prep your Veg!
Wash your lettuce and dry it thoroughly. Peel and cut your oranges into segments without any of the bitter white pith on it.
With a mandolin, on the thinnest setting, slice your radishes easily. Be careful, as mandolins are known to be very sharp and take off fingertips. If you don’t have a mandolin, you can use a knife and thinly slice them as evenly as possible.
Slice your avocado and arrange the leaves of the radicchio, avocado, orange segments, and radish in a circular pattern on the plate
Toast your pistachios in a dry pan for a minute or two, then dice them up and sprinkle over the salad.
Step 2: Make the Dressing!
Finely dice your shallots and add into a small bowl with crushed garlic, dijon mustard, and honey. Whisk to combine into a paste.
Add in champagne vinegar and whisk further. Start slowly pouring in your olive oil whilst whisking to emulsify the dressing until it’s thickened slightly and well combined.
Add in your salt, pepper, and worcestershire sauce to taste.
Step 3: Salad Time!
Spoon your dressing over your salad and serve fresh immediately. Yum!