This flavor-filled version of layered fruit salad tastes delicious, and it's so beautiful, you can skip the flowers for your next gathering--just use this as your centerpiece!
Layered Fruit and Arugula Salad
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 4 cups red grapes
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups packed arugula (5-oz package)
- 2 firm-ripe pears
- 6 oz chèvre (goat) cheese, crumbled (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 cup dried cherries
- 1/2 cup peeled toasted hazelnuts
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 450°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. In large bowl, toss grapes and honey. Arrange on cookie sheet. Roast 20 to 30 minutes, stirring once, until grapes burst and begin to caramelize.
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Step2Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat sherry vinegar, olive oil and salt with whisk. Set aside.
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Step3Add grapes and any syrup remaining on cookie sheet to vinegar mixture; stir. Cool completely.
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Step4Layer as follows. Using slotted spoon, carefully transfer grapes to 3-quart trifle dish or bowl. Place arugula on top of grapes, mounding in center.
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Step5Core and thinly slice pears; add them to vinegar mixture, and toss to coat. Using slotted spoon, transfer pears to bowl, spreading them evenly on top of arugula. Discard any remaining liquid. Place chèvre evenly on top of pears; scatter cherries and hazelnuts on top.
Nutrition
450
Calories
22g
Total Fat
7g
Protein
57g
Total Carbohydrate
49g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 450
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 34%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 31%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 230mg
- 9%
- Potassium
- 470mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 57g
- 19%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 49g
- Protein
- 7g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 1 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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