StonedChef.com | Recipes From The Stoned Chef » Salads http://www.stonedchef.com Cooking Recipes, Reviews and Blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:01:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Citrus Octopus Salad http://www.stonedchef.com/2011/08/citrus-octopus-salad/ http://www.stonedchef.com/2011/08/citrus-octopus-salad/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:59:55 +0000 admin http://www.stonedchef.com/?p=960 Citrus Octopus Salad Recipe

Fresh marinated tender octopus with sweet orange segments crunchy sliced celery marinated sliced almonds salty kalamata olives and finish with fresh parsley… ummmm

  • 1 whole octopus fresh or frozen will do.
  • 1 can of mandarin orange segments
  • About a handful of sliced kalamata olives, pitted of course.
  • About 3 celery stalks of fresh celery slice thin or do what you want.
  • Half a handful of sliced almonds.
  • About a handful of fresh parsley or mint works well too.
  • Half a cup of red wine vinegar.
  • A good extra virgin olive oil.

  1. In a large pot, boil enough water to submerge your fresh or if frozen octopus. If frozen let your octopus defrost the add about 4-5
  2. When almost at a boil add the octopus a lot of salt to the water. ¼ cups good. Let simmer for about 25-40 minutes covered SIMMER….
  3. In a large bowl add celery/ almonds/ strained mandarin oranges/sliced kalamata olives, ¼ cup of red wine vinegar pinch of coarse sea salt.
  4. Refrigerate.
  5. After about 30 minutes of simmering your octo let it cool down and then slice it up, thin and long I prefer.
  6. Add it to the other ingredients and let it chill for at least 25 minutes
  7. Now add whole parsley, and serve.
  8. Finish with a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and enjoy.

Preparation time: 5 minute(s)

Cooking time: 30 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 4

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Crisp Escarole Salad Recipe:


Summary: This is such a big hit whenever I make it. It’s so simple and takes almost no time to prepare. Crisp peppery watery escarole that’s a bit bitter and cold, dressed with a hint of garlic. Fresh lemon juice will give bright acid that the escarole craves. Coarse sea salt will balance it all out with a quick whisk a touch of extra virgin olive oil. Ummmmm.

Ingredients

  • 1 head of fresh escarole cleaned and cut into med-large pieces. Escarole can be very sandy/dirty so clean well and dry. It can be left a little wet.
  • 2 cloves of fresh garlic sliced very thin.
  • Less than ½ of a fresh squeezed lemon. No pits.
  • About 2 pinches of sea salt
  • About 2-3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl add the lemon juice, garlic, pinch of salt and extra virgin olive oil.
  2. Whisk for about a minute. It will turn nice and thick. Taste .taste. Taste. Adjust if needed, maybe a touch more salt, maybe a little more olive oil?
  3. Put escarole on bowl toss, add another pinch of salt toss again and serve.

This dish calls for more salt then you think.

Cooking Times/Difficulty Levels

Cook time: none

Prep time: 2-5 minutes

Difficulty level: very easy

Number of servings (yield): 4

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Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese and Black Olives Recipe:

Summary: Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese and Black Olives is a great summertime salad, due to the fact that melons are best in season. Watermelon salad is a refreshing & cool, with bright flavors, and great red, green & white colors. The sweet watermelon against the dry flavorful feta cheese, combined with the saltiness of the black cured olives, topped with micro greens (I love pea shoots) lemon, olive oil. Very clean tasty and unique flavors.
Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese and Black Olives

Ingredients

  • half a watermelon
  • 1 cup black oil cured olives
  • 1 cup of feta cheese
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 bunches of watercress or a good micro green
  • olive oil
  • coarse sea salt

Instructions

  1. you’ll need 2 mixing bows 1 large 1 medium.
  2. Cut up melon into medium size cubes, place in bowl
  3. take your olives and take the pits out and tear in half put in bowl
  4. squeeze half the lemon in the bowl try not to get the pits in.
  5. Add salt and olive oil then mix
  6. now add all the cheese mix gently.
  7. In the other bowl squeeze the other half of the lemon add salt, olive oil and mix thoroughly now add greens add dress lightly.
  8. Now time to combine
  9. first plate the melon, cheese and olives
  10. place the greens on top of that
  11. finish with a good olive oil.
  12. This is a fun summer salad, enjoy!

Cooking Times/Difficulty Levels

  • Prep Time: 5-10 minutes
  • Cook Time:  none
  • Difficulty Level: Easy

Recipe by StonedChef.com

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