Persimmon, Radish, and Watercress Salad

Author Notes: A balanced cold weather salad that features sweet persimmons and earthy radishes and red onions along with watercress and a lemony vinaigrette. For best results, use ripe but still firm Fuyu persimmons. —Elizabeth Stark
Serves 6
For the lemony vinaigrette:
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
For the salad:
- 1/2 medium red onion
- 5 to 6 radishes
- 1 small head butter lettuce, leaves torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1 bunch watercress, stems trimmed
- 2 ripe persimmons, sliced into half moons
- sea salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
- Combine the lemon zest, juice, and sea salt in a small bowl. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until mixture is emulsified.
- Trim and peel the red onion and trim ends of radishes. Using the thinnest setting on a mandoline slicer, carefully slice the onion (first cut it in half, then slice one half at a time) and the radishes. Toss with a pinch or two of sea salt, and 2 tablespoons of the prepared vinaigrette.
- Toss greens in a large bowl with a pinch of sea salt and another tablespoon of vinaigrette. Tuck persimmon slices and the prepared radish and red onion slices throughout. Adjust sea salt levels. Finish with a drizzle of vinaigrette and several twists black pepper.
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