| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 15 min |
| Active: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 2 |
Ingredients
- 1 cup walnut halves
- 2 teaspoons Cognac
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup arugula
- 3 cups vegetable tops, trimmed of stems, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 cup finely grated Pecorino cheese
Instructions
- Make the dressing: Place the walnuts inside a ziptop bag. Use a rolling pin to lightly crush the walnuts into smaller pieces inside the bag. In a large bowl, whisk the walnuts, Cognac, pepper flakes and red wine vinegar with a generous pinch salt. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Taste for seasoning.
- Make the salad: Pour the dressing over the greens and toss to coat. Drizzle honey in the bottom of a serving bowl. Add the greens. Sprinkle cheese over the top. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 2 servings |
| Calories | 847 |
| Total Fat | 71 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Carbohydrates | 37 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 10 g |
| Sugar | 11 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Sodium | 688 mg |
Reviews
This salad dressing is da bomb! What a flavor punch.
Delicious! I’m having this easy, tasty salad for lunch
Such a simple salad dressing and it’s perfect. Easy to swap other items such as the cognac. Didn’t have any, so I used bourbon. Will be my go-to salad dressing.
ICAG! Amazing! I admit I didn’t have all the greens, so I used what I had. The salad dressing is truly Iron Chef delicious! I want to put in on fish, chicken and even pasta! Thank you so much!
I used mixed greens instead of the veggies tops. Excellent salad. The technique to drizzle honey on the bowl is brilliant and the dressing is so good. I added tomatoes to my salad but you could change this up so many ways…Bleu cheese (instead of romano) and apples slices would be yummy.
Veggie Tops used by Alex in this episode; radish tops, turnip tops, a little carrot top. Other greens used: Swiss chard and arugula.
Can’t wait to try this! Tami O I believe she used arugula, chard, carrot tops & radish tops.
5 stars for the dressing!
Haven’t made it but just balancing out the person who gave it 1 star because they couldn’t find the recipe
I cannot get the recipe to appear, just a cook’s note