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Nectarine and Blue Cheese Salad
Recipe Type: Appetizer
Ingredients
- 2 black plums, halved, pitted, chopped
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 teaspoons ume plum vinegar or red wine vinegar
- Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
- 12 cups (lightly packed) mixed greens (such as arugula and frisée)
- 4 nectarines or peaches, halved, pitted, cut into eighths
- 8 ounces firm blue cheese, such as Cabrales, sliced
- 1/2 cup almonds, preferably Marcona
Instructions
- Bring plums and 3/4 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-high and simmer, stirring occasionally and mashing plums with the back of a spoon, until plums have completely broken down, about 15 minutes.
- Pour plum mixture through a fine-mesh sieve set over a small bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much purée as possible; discard solids in sieve. Let purée cool.
- Add oil, vinegar, and 2 tablespoons water to purée; whisk to blend. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Dressing can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.
- Divide greens among plates. Scatter nectarines, cheese, and almonds over, dividing equally, and drizzle some of dressing over. Season with salt and pepper.
Recipe and Photo source: Bon Apetit, August 2012