Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Jicama, Fennel and Grapefruit Salad

I've been craving a healthy salad so I decided to make a jicama and grapefruit salad, the other ingredients fell into place as I saw them at the grocery store.
Ingredients
  • 1/4 Jicama, peeled and cut into 1 1/2 inch long match sticks
  • 1 Fennel bulb, cored and thinly sliced
  • 2 Radishes, thinly sliced
  • Arugula
  • Red Onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 Grapefruit, sections removed and juice set aside (next time I would use 2)
  • Red Wine Vinegar
  • Fresh Parsley, minced
  • 6 shrimp, peeled, deveined, detailed and cut into small pieces
  • Kosher Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
I marinated the raw shrimp in combination of grapefruit juice, red wine vinegar and S&P. I was attempting to "ceviche" the shrimp, but it took much longer then I thought it would (15 mins!). Once it was pink, I pulled the shrimp out and I combined with the jicama, fennel, radishes, arugula, red onion, grapefruit sections, parsley and S&P. Then I added the grapefrui juice and vinegar mixture until salad was coated.
This was delicious, healthy and something I would definitely make for guests because you don't think you'll like it (adversion to fruit in salad) but it's really quite tasty!

1 comment:

  1. That salad looks like it would be perfect with a cold, crisp glass of white wine!

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