Arugula Salad With Shaved Manchego
"Great presentation! Salad is quick and easy to make, and great to eat! This was given to me by my best-friend, Judy this is one of her favorites."
photo by breezermom
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 -2 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar or 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- coarse salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 -3 tablespoons slivered almonds
- 2 bunches arugula, well rinsed, thick stems removed (About 1 lb)
- 1⁄4 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil, drained and thinly sliced
- 4 ounces manchego cheese, thinly sliced
directions
- In a large bowl, whisk honey and vinegar until combined. Whisk in oil; season with salt and pepper.
- Add arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and almonds to the dressing.
- Lightly toss.
- Using a vegetable peeler, thinly shave the Manchego; add half to the bowl, and toss to combine.
- Divide among four serving or salad plates; top with remaining Manchego.
- Serve immediately.
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Reviews
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I've made this twice already this week. My family totally digs it! The dressing was simple and delicious. All of the ingredients, except for the cheese was on hand. I hurried to the store to get the cheese and it was totally worth the trip! -
Delicious Combination! I absolutely love arugula, first time to try $$$ manchego! Worth the $$$! I served the dressing on the side instead of tossing it all together.....didn't want to drench any leftovers!!! Made for Best of 2010 tag! -
We love salads, we love arugula and we really love manchego! What a combination! Next time we'll test 'Murcia/drunken goat' for fun. Thanks for posting! -
I made this salad for my aunt and my lunch today and we both really enjoyed it. I followd all directions and ingredients as posted. I only used 1 Tb of honey in the dressing, which I thought was perfect and not too sweet. The dressing tasted light and refreshing. I enjoyed the taste of the white balsamic. I didn't measure the manchego, but was very generous with it and used a large cheese grater (versus slicing). I also went heavy (3 Tb) on the almonds, which I greatly enjoyed in the dish. My aunt was excited that I let her keep the leftovers for dinner. I will definitely make this salad again. Thanks! -
Catching up on my reviews today...didn't find the cheese so I used parm-reggiano cheese instead. DH doesn't like nuts but I loved the almonds. Other nuts might also be nice, toasted pignoli for example. The dressing was very nice and I have been using it on other salads as well. I'll be looking for that cheese to try this again but it was very good anyway.
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