Papaya Salad
A simple salad with the fresh tender lettuces of spring time.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1/2 small red onion thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
- 1/4 cup blood orange juice freshly squeezed
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cups of mixed spring salad greens washed and dried
- 1 large papaya peeled, seeded and sliced lengthwise into 12 wedges
- 1/2 cup macadamia nuts roughly chopped
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine sliced onion and the sherry vinegar. Let it marinate for 15 minutes. Then strain the onion slices reserving the sherry vinegar. Set onion slices aside.
- For the vinaigrette, whisk together blood orange juice, lime juice, reserved sherry vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil in a small bowl.
- Place equal portions of the salad greens on 4 separate plates. Arrange the papaya slices and onion on the salad greens. Sprinkle each salad with chopped macadamia nuts.
- Drizzle the vinaigrette over each plated salad.