Cherry Brie Tossed Salad

Submitted by Dudemickgal

"Taste of Home"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup crisco extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1 - 1 1⁄2 teaspoon poppy seed
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3⁄4 cup sliced almonds
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 8 cups romaine lettuce, torn
• 1 (8 ounce) round brie cheese, rind removed and cubed
• 1 (6 ounce) package dried cherries

directions

1. In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine first 5 ingredients; shake until sugar is dissolved.
2. For salad, in a heavy skillet, melt butter over med. heat. Add almonds and cook and stir until nuts are toasted, about 4 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar; cook and stir until sugar is melted, about 3 minutes. Spread on foil to cool; break apart.
3. In a large salad bowl, combine the romaine, cheese and cherries. Shake dressing; drizzle over salad. Sprinkle with sugared almonds and toss to coat.

Reviews

[DailyInspiration]

We really enjoyed this delicious salad. The salad dressing is a nice balance between sweet and tart (we used a natural sweetner vs. sugar). The dressing is a nice compliment to the sugared almonds, cherries and cheese. The only changes I made was to use Truvia vs. the sugar and I used stone-ground dijon mustard vs. dry ground mustard. I also left out the poppy seeds as DH doesn't like them. Made for Spring PAC, April, 2014.