Summer

Pink Moscato soaked watermelon, baby lettuce & goat cheese crunchy toast salad

July 13, 2015
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Photo by Semadar Gordel
  • Serves 5
Author Notes

A fresh garden mix of arugula, baby lettuce red onion thin slices, coated in Pomegranate Citrus Champagne vinaigrette dressing, with overnight Pink Moscato soaked watermelon cubes, roasted pumping seeds and bites of whole grain toast with garlic butter and goat cheese that adds some crunchiness to the salad, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese flakes. —Semadar Gordel

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Ingredients
  • For the Salad:
  • 5 cups baby lettuce mix
  • 5 cups arugula leaves
  • 1/4 red onion cut into half , thin sliced
  • 2 cups watermelon cut into 1/2" cubes, soaked in pink moscato (I used "Barefoot") for at least 3 hours, refrigerated
  • 1/3 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
  • 10 pieces whole grain bread
  • butter
  • clove garlic
  • 1 packet soft goat cheese
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese flakes
  • 30 cilantro leaves
  • For the Pomegranate Citrus Champagne vinaigrette dressing:
  • 1.5 tablespoons pomegranate syrup
  • 1/8 cup orange muscat champagne vinegar (I used "traders Joe")
  • 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil (good quality)
  • 1/3 teaspoon salt
  • Pinch ground black pepper
Directions
  1. add all the ingredients into a jar with a lead. shake well till combined.
  2. toast the bread just for a 1-1.5min, take the garlic clove and rub it into the toasted bead. spread butter and goat cheese between each couple of bread slices, and with a 1" round cookie cutter cut small round bites from each sandwich. preheat a pan, add few drops of olive oil or butter, and toast the goat cheese bites until it gets crispy.
  3. combine the dish: just before serving the salad, pour the dressing over the salad and gently mix. put in a serving plate, add 4-5 crunchy goat cheese toast to each serving plate, sprinkle toasted pumpkin seeds on top, sprinkle Parmesan cheese flakes and cilantro leaves. Bon apetit!
  4. If you want to prepare in advance, keep the salad green mix separately from the watermelon cubes, refrigerated. mix the dressing ingredients in a jar, combine just before serving otherwise the vegetables will get soggy and will loose their freshness.
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2 Reviews

boulangere July 13, 2015
You had me at Moscato and goat cheese. This is divine.
Semadar G. July 13, 2015
Thank you :)