Get your Healthy Summer Salad fix! This scrumptious delight is fresh, cool and sweet! Weeks Raw honey will be the missing ingredient in all your home-made dressings this year!
YIELD: Makes 2 servings
INGREDIENTS
For Croutons:
1 slice - rustic bread (baguette or ciabatta), cut into 1/2" cubes
1/4 tsp. - dried oregano
1/8 tsp. - garlic powder
1/8 tsp. - onion powder
1/4 cup - grated parmesan cheese
pinch of kosher salt
pinch of ground black pepper
2 T - Weeks Raw Orange Blossom, or Raw Clover Honey
2 T - olive oil
For Salad:
1/2 cup - radicchio leaves, cut in quarters
1/4 cup - green beans, cooked and split in half
pinch of kosher salt
pinch of ground black pepper
2 - Prosciutto slices, cut into 1/8" strips
For Vinaigrette:
1/4 cup - lemon juice
1/8 cup - apple cider vinegar
4 T - Weeks Raw Orange Blossom, or Raw Clover Honey
1/2 tsp. - Dijon mustard
1/2 cup - olive oil
pinch of kosher salt
pinch of ground black pepper
1/8 tsp. - poppyseeds
DIRECTIONS
Preheat an oven to 400°F.
In a bowl, add the croutons, dried oregano garlic and onion powder, parmesan cheese, salt and black pepper. Add olive oil and honey to the bowl and toss until well coated. Place on an oven-safe sheet pan and bake in the oven until the desired color is achieved (5 to 10 minutes).
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Wash the radicchio leaves and allow to drain on a paper towel-lined plate. In a bowl, add the radicchio, green beans, and toss with salt and pepper.
For the vinaigrette, gather a blender, and add the lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, honey, mustard and olive oil.
Add the salt and pepper and fold in the poppyseeds.
To serve, place the radicchio, prosciutto, and green beans in a bowl, and add 4 T of the vinaigrette. Mix well to combine.
Place the salad greens on a plate and top with the honey croutons.
Try spicing it up! Substitute the honey with Habanero Infused Honey!
Recipe developed by Chef Wook Kang for the National Honey Board.