Arugula Salad with Dates & Candied Walnuts | The Fancy Pants Kit

Name: Arugula Salad with Dates & Candied Walnuts | The Fancy Pants Kit
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1/2 cup walnut or avocado oil; 3 tbsp Champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar; 8 cups arugula; 2 Red Delicious or fuji apples, unpeeled, cored and thinly sliced; 6 ounces Spanish Manchego cheese, shaved; 1 & 1/2 cups pitted dates, sliced; 1 cup Candied walnuts (see recipe below); 1/4 cup balsamic glaze; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup walnuts

4 steps

Updated at: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:56:15 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories4712.1 kcal (236%)

Total Fat345.8 g (494%)

Carbs356.4 g (137%)

Sugars289.5 g (322%)

Protein88.1 g (176%)

Sodium1021.4 mg (51%)

Fiber36.1 g (129%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

½ cupwalnut oil

or avocado

3 TbspChampagne vinegar

or white wine vinegar

8 cupsarugula

2Red Delicious apples

or fuji, unpeeled, cored and thinly sliced

6 ouncesManchego cheese

Spanish, shaved

pitted dates

sliced

1 cupCandied walnuts

¼ cupbalsamic glaze

½ cupsugar

1 cupwalnuts

Instructions

Step 1

Whisk oil and Champagne vinegar in bowl. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Keep at room temperature. Rewhisk vinaigrette before using.)

Step 2

Toss arugula, apples, half of cheese, dates, and walnuts in a large bowl with enough vinaigrette to coat. Season salad with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Mound salad in center of each plate. Drizzle balsamic syrup around salads. Sprinkle remaining cheese atop salads.

Step 4

Combine walnuts and sugar in sauté pan. Heat over medium heat. Let sugar start to melt. As sugar starts to melt, watch it constantly so that it doesn’t burn. When all sugar is melted and coats the nuts, tip out on a sheet of aluminum foil. Spread in a single layer. When cool, break into small pieces.