Recipe of the day: Christmas pomegranate salad with cranberry vinaigrette

Add colour and flavour to your Christmas table with this pomegranate salad with cranberry vinaigrette.

It’s a mix of fresh greens, sweet pomegranate seeds, tangy blue cheese, and crunchy walnuts, topped with a tasty cranberry dressing.

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Christmas pomegranate salad with cranberry vinaigrette

Ingredients

• 750g leafy salad green mix
• 1 cup pomegranate seeds
• 1 red onion, very thinly sliced
• 1 cup crumbled blue cheese
• ¾ cup crushed walnuts
• For the Vinaigrette
• ⅓ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup fresh cranberries
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 20ml honey
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• ½ teaspoon minced garlic
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Method

1. Toss the leafy greens, pomegranate seeds, onion, blue cheese and walnuts together in a medium-sized salad bowl.
2. For the vinaigrette – combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blitz until smooth.
3. Add the cranberry vinaigrette and toss just before serving.

*This recipe was sent by JAG Communications on behalf of Chefs at Culinary Capsicum Studio

Christmas pomegranate salad with cranberry vinaigrette

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Ingredients

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• • 750g leafy salad green mix

• • 1 cup pomegranate seeds

• • 1 red onion, very thinly sliced

• • 1 cup crumbled blue cheese

• • ¾ cup crushed walnuts

• • For the Vinaigrette

• • ⅓ cup olive oil

• • ¼ cup fresh cranberries

• • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar

• • 20ml honey

• • 2 tablespoons water

• • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

• • ½ teaspoon minced garlic

• • ½ teaspoon salt

• • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Toss the leafy greens, pomegranate seeds, onion, blue cheese and walnuts together in a medium-sized salad bowl.
2. For the vinaigrette – combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blitz until smooth.
3. Add the cranberry vinaigrette and toss just before serving.

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