Blend a bright and versatile vinaigrette and toss with a fruit salad or a fresh crunchy vegetable salad, and also as a dip for sticks of cucumber, celery, carrots and chips.
Plan for Everyone – Salads with a Maple and Spicy Beer Mustard Vinaigrette
The joining of maple syrup and Spicy Beer Mustard blends the essence of each into a dressing that compliments both an apple/grape and roasted pecan salad or a lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrot combination.
The simple recipe is fun to make, and may be blended weeks prior to serving, and refrigerated. My lettuce, apple, green grape and roasted pecan salad dressed with Maple and Spicy Beer Mustard dressing prompted kudos from guests and family.
These salads contribute a crispy crunch and spicy flavors to the Holiday table.
Blend a bright and versatile vinaigrette and toss with a fruit salad or a fresh crunchy vegetable salad, and also as a dip for sticks of cucumber, celery, carrots and chips.
1 blending stick or a smaller blender than a food processor the ingredients need to emulsify and the blade of the blender must thoroughly blend the ingredients. Double the ingredients if you are using a food processor.
What You'll Need:
¼cup rice or fruit based vinegar for a fruit saladvegetable salad use cider vinegar
2Tb. maple syrup
2TbSpicy Beer Mustard
1clovegarlic (medium size)
2Tbchopped shallots/or green onions, white portion
½cupCanola oil, grape seed oil, or a nut (walnut) oil
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
pinch of red pepper flakes to taste
Fruit Salad
4Honey Crispapplesskin on and cut into a medium dice
1 ½cupsgreen seedless grapes cut in half
½cuproasred pecans
How To Prepare:
Add vinegar, maple syrup, mustard, garlic and shallots to a straight sided container with approxinately a 4-5 inch base. With a stick blender begin blending the sliced onions, chopped garlic, Spicy Beer Mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper.
Slowly add the oil and blend until emulsified. Taste and add salt and/or red pepper flakes if desired
Store in a covered jar in the refrigerator for up to a month.
Com,bine the salad ingredients and dress with the Maple, S[icy Beer Mustard Vinaigrette
I like a fruit salad made with chopped apples, green grapes and roasted pecans
I also like using a rice and/'or fruit based vinegar for the fruit salad dressing