Spinach Salad With Roasted Fennel And Grapefruit | Tasting Table Recipe
A quick, easy and bright winter salad from Marco Canora
Roasting fennel concentrates its flavor, making it sweet, tender and slightly crisp. That chewy goodness is then tossed with spinach, grapefruit supremes and briny oil-cured olives. The result is a slightly warm salad that has a range of flavors and textures.
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Recipe adapted from "A Good Food Day: Reboot Your Health with Food That Tastes Great," by Marco Canora with Tammy Walker
Spinach Salad with Roasted Fennel and Grapefruit
Hearth chef Marco Canora shares a quick, easy and bright winter salad from his new cookbook, A Good Food Day.
Prep Time
10
minutes
Cook Time
35
minutes
servings
4
to 6 servings
Total time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 large fennel bulb, halved lengthwise, then sliced lengthwise ½ inch thick
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 pink grapefruit
- One 5-ounce container or bag of baby spinach
- ½ cup pitted oil-cured black olives, halved
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.
- Toss the fennel wedges with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast until tender and the edges are browned and crispy, 30 to 35 minutes.
- Meanwhile, using a microplane, grate the zest of the grapefruit into a bowl. Using a sharp knife, trim ¼ inch to ½ inch off the top and bottom of the grapefruit so it stand flat on a cutting board. Following the curve of the fruit, remove the white pith and the membrane covering the fruit. Cut in between the membranes to remove the fruit and place in the bowl with the zest. Squeeze the juice over the segments to release what's left of the grapefruit.
- In a large salad bowl, combine the spinach, olives, grapefruit segments (reserving the juice for later). As soon as the fennel is finished roasting, add it to the bowl along with 2 tablespoons of the reserved grapefruit juice and the remaining olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Serve.
Nutrition
| Calories per Serving | 111 |
| Total Fat | 8.2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1.2 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g |
| Cholesterol | 0.0 mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 9.7 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3.1 g |
| Total Sugars | 4.8 g |
| Sodium | 306.3 mg |
| Protein | 1.7 g |
The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
