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A perfect salad with bursts of fruity sweet, savory cheese and creamy nutty taste, all in one bite!
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Persimmon Salad
Recipe by: Fae’s Twist & Tango (fae-magazine.com)
INGREDIENTS
• 1 fuyu persimmon, peeled, cored, cut into half-moon thin pieces
• 100 gr/3.5 oz baby arugula
• 1~2 Tbsp feta cheese -or- blue cheese, crumbled
• 1~2 Tbsp roasted pine nuts –or- roasted coarsely chopped peanuts, or nuts of choice
Dressing
• 4 Tbsp orange juice
• 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 1½ Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• salt, ground black pepper and maybe sugar to taste
DIRECTIONS
◊ In a serving platter, layer arugula, topped with persimmon cuts, cheese, pine-nuts.
◊ Combine orange juice and rice vinegar. If orange juice is not sweet enough, add ¼ tsp sugar at a time until desired taste. Add salt (cheese has salt too) and pepper to taste.
~ Bon Appétit! ~
Note
♦ This post was originally published on 2013/11/13 under title International Salad Bar
♦ Check out other beautiful salads on Recipe Index
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So, what’s cooking in your kitchen?
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Such a lovely salad! I like both feta and blue cheese, so I’ll need to try this both ways!
sweet & salty, yum!
Looks gorgeous Fae!
I Love persimmons and this salad with feta seems perfect!
Sandhya, If there are no persimmons available where you live at this time, other seasonal fruits work well too. 🙂
What a fabulous idea ! That is going to make me look forward to persimmon season now … in Italy they go by the somewhat unfortunate name of ‘caco’, plural ‘cachi’ (pronounced kakee) … which can also mean a bodily function of elimination !!!
When I re-posted this, I thought of my friends in southern hemisphere, which is their autumn, persimmon season. After all, we post for the world with different seasons all over. Speaking of the world, there sure are words that don’t sound good in other languages/cultures. 😀 )))
What a fresh and flavourful spring salad, Fae! The colours just sing! 😀
Oh, what a beautiful way of putting it. 🙂
Just a few of my favorite things! Will have to wait until autumn for the persimmons which my workmate graciously shares with me. Lovely recipe. Thanks.
Gina
If you cannot wait until autumn for persimmons, for now use peach, pear or any fruit available! 🙂
So fresh, healthy and nutritious Fae, I love your persimmon salad. The baby arugula and feta were great additions, thanks for the recipe 🙂
Thank you, Loretta. Fresh fruit and flavorful works for summer salad. 🙂
Such a lovely salad, Fae! Perfect for the season! 🙂
I love fruits in salad. Feta seems to go very well to balance flavors. 😛
Orange juice is key! I also add leftover quince syrup 🙂 when I use apples or pears in salad. Delicious!!!
Quince syrup sounds so goooood!
wonderful salad – only wish we could get salads!!!! down here in South India, I do crave for leafy salads every day- but, there are other choices! I also do like your photography . Carina
I understand. There are more fresh foods you can enjoy, especially in warm weather. Thank you for your kind comments.
Great healthy looking salad!
Thank you, Chris!
Salad looks refreshing..love it
Thank you!
We’ve been eating a lot of salads lately with the hot weather. This one looks delicious!
It is not persimmon season at out end of hemisphere, but when it is not persimmon season, peach, nectarine, apple, pear, tangerine, etc. can be substituted.
Looks delicious and tasty. I love adding orange juice to dressings; it adds so much flavor.
Yes, it adds even more refreshing twist to the salad.
This looks really yummy. I don’t know what persimmon is and I haven’t seen it in the stores. Is there another fruit that could be substituted without losing the general taste of this dish? Thanks for posting Fae
Persimmon is a fruit available during the autumn, only for a month or so. Some specialty stores import them from other hemispheres. Use any fruit of choice, i.e. peach, nectarine, apple, pear, tangerine, etc.