Fall Salad of Caramelized Pumpkin
"Cooking Pleasures October/November 2001
For this salad, try to use the smallest frisée you can find. Alternatively, use only the white inner portion of the larger heads. This way, you'll achieve a rich balance of bitter and sweet when you taste the pumpkin, nuts and lettuce together."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
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SALAD
- 3 lbs pie pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1⁄2 teaspoon honey
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground mace
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups frisee, lettues torn into bite-size pieces or 4 cups tender iside curly endive lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
- 1⁄4 cup hazelnuts, toasted, chopped
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DRESSING
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons hazelnut oil
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons fresh chives, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
directions
- Heat oven to 350°F
- Place pumpkin on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven; increase oven temperature to 450°F
- Cool pumpkin until easy to handle.
- Line baking sheet with foil.
- Spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cut pumpkin in half; remove seeds.
- Cut each half into 4 wedges.
- In small saucepan, heat butter and 1 T olive oil over low heat until butter is melted.
- Brush over pumpkin wedges.
- Place wedges on baking sheet.
- Bake at 450F for 15 minutes; turn and brush with oil mixture.
- Bake and additional 15 minutes or until tender.
- Remove from oven.
- Heat broiler.
- In small bowl, combine honey and mace; brush over wedges.
- Sprinkle with 1/2 t pepper and 1/4 t salt.
- Broil, flesh side up, 2 minutes. Remove from oven; cool slightly.
- In small bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients.
- Place frisée in large bowl; toss with dressing.
- Place on plates; top with pumpkin wedges.
- Sprinkle with hazelnuts.
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