Pink Radicchio & Blood Orange Salad

A plate of salad with red lettuce, green olives, sliced strawberries, shallots, and shaved cheese on a patterned dish.

Pink Radicchio & Blood Orange Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 2 heads Pink radicchio
  • 1 small Shallot sliced into thin rounds
  • 3 tbsp Red wine vinegar
  • ½ cup Olive oil
  • 1 tbsp Honey
  • ½ tbsp Dijon mustard
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper
  • 2 Blood oranges segmented/supremed
  • ½ cup Pitted castelvetrano olives drained
  • Parmesan cheese shaved, for garnish

Instructions

  • Using a sharp knife, slice off the base of the radicchio heads (about 1/2 inch). Carefully pull the individual leaves apart and submerge in a large bowl of ice water for about 10 minutes. Remove from the water and dry thoroughly.
  • While the radicchio is soaking, add the sliced shallot rounds to a small bowl with 3 tbsp red wine vinegar. Let soak until needed later on.
  • To a medium bowl or measuring cup, add 1/2 cup olive oil. Strain the red wine vinegar into the bowl, and set aside the pickled shallots. Add 1 tbsp honey and 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard along with a pinch of salt and a few cracks of black pepper. Optionally, add a squeeze of juice from the leftover blood orange carcass. Whisk thoroughly until fully emulsified.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the dry radicchio leaves, the pickled shallots, pitted olives, and the dressing. Using tongs or clean hands, toss to combine.
  • Serve salad on a large platter or individual plates. Garnish with the blood orange wedges, shaved or grated parmesan cheese, and a few cracks of black pepper.

Tips & Variations:

  • Soaking the radicchio in ice water helps to alleviate some of the natural bitterness, don’t skip this step!
  • To “supreme” a citrus fruit, take a sharp knife and slice off the ends from the top and bottom of the fruit. Stand upright on one side, then take the knife and ‘peel’ or shave off the outer peel and the white pith. By the end of this step, the citrus should look naked. Then, take a smaller knife and carefully cut each wedge out by slicing between the natural separations.

Substitutions:

  • Pink radicchio: This can sometimes be hard to find. Feel free to use regular radicchio, which is a deep purple color, or endive leaves.
  • Blood orange: You could use grapefruit or regular oranges here for a similar outcome.
  • Dijon mustard: I think using whole grain mustard here would work very well!

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