As nosotros approach the New Year, I know for 1 that I am starting to gravitate towards fresher, lighter dishes, but even thus with a affect of celebration inwards them every bit nosotros say goodbye to 2015. Here, I've got roughly other salad that would last non bad for yous to serve upward on New Years Day every bit business office of a spread (it serves virtually 10 people with iii or 4 other sides), or scaled downwards for a uncomplicated supper later a heavy lunch. I took the inspiration in addition to a few of the components from Waitrose Christmas Harvest Cookbook - I dearest these trivial gratis recipe booklets yous tin selection upward at the banking concern tally out spell you're waiting to pay amount of seasonal recipe ideas.
This salad is non bad for entertaining, inwards spite of the fact it volition wilt if yous endeavor to wearing clothing it ahead. You tin made the candid pecans a twenty-four hours or 2 earlier every bit long every bit yous shop them inwards an air tight container, in addition to the dressing tin last made the twenty-four hours earlier too, stashed inwards a jounce inwards the refrigerator (any leftovers are non bad tossed into mutual frigidity lentils, rice or other grains). Then, it is only a affair of peeling in addition to slicing the clementines, in addition to thus assembling the salad (if yous don't bring a bowl large enough, yous tin ever split upward the salad betwixt 2 bowls).
If you're flight solo, I'd recommend using one-half a handbag of watercress, a handful of pecans, 1 clementine in addition to virtually one-half the majority of dressing (use the smallest garlic clove yous tin find, 1 of those pigmy ones inwards the bulb yous bring no reckon what to produce with).
- 75g (2.5 oz) Pecans
- 1 tbsp Icing Sugar
- 3/4 tsp Mixed Spice
- 1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- Sea Salt
- 3 tbsp Mild Light Olive Oil
- 1/2 tbsp Maple Syrup
- 1 Small Garlic Clove, crushed
- 1/2 tbsp Dijon Mustard
- Juice of 1/2 Lemon
- Very Large Pinch Sweet Smoked Paprika
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- 300g (10 oz/ iii bags) Watercress
- 4 Clementines
To brand the pecans, pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees (395 Fahrenheit). In a minor bowl, mix together the icing sugar, mixed spice, cinnamon in addition to a pinch of body of body of water tabular array salt with 1 tsp mutual frigidity water. Add the pecans in addition to stir until the are good coated. Spread onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment, in addition to roast for 8-10 minutes until golden. Set aside to cool.
To brand the dressing, combine the olive oil, maple syrup, lemon juice, crushed garlic, dijon mustard, sweetness smoked paprika in addition to a really generous few grinds of dark pepper inwards a jam jar, in addition to screw on the lid. Shake vigorously in addition to ready aside. If you're making this ahead, yous may require to milk tremble it upward 1 time again earlier dressing the salad.
To gather the salad, pare the clementines, take away every bit much gist every bit possible in addition to piece into 1/2 cm rounds. In a really large bowl, toss one-half the watercress with virtually 1/2 tbsp of the dressing. Arrange the residual of the watercress on function yesteryear of the dressed leaves inwards a serving bowl, sprinkle with the pecans in addition to conform the clementine pieces. Spoon over roughly other few drizzles of dressing, in addition to serve instantly away.
I shared a few to a greater extent than of my suggestions for what to serve upward for a New Years Day spread on Mon when I posted my New Years Day Trifle recipe. However, if you're even thus stuck for New Years ideas, tomorrow nighttime yous even thus bring fourth dimension to rustle upward roughly of our solid unit of measurement favourite Classic Cheese Straws to serve with my Italian 75's every bit the clock strikes midnight.