Past secret ingredients range from Himalayan pink salt and dried lavender to pistachio oil. Today's strange ingredient is a spicy ginger apple mustard- sounds super yummy!
With some left over prosciutto, fresh figs and a hot grill, out came the most delicious grilled fig salad ever. Ever. Simply wrapping the figs in the prosciutto, and then basting them with the mustard is all it took; setting the grilled figs on spinach or lettuce tossed with olive oil and a hint of the mustard completes the salad.
Thanks much to my friends for the another strange ingredient to play with, I only wish the were here to taste the rewards. Great food is one thing, but you can't be fat and happy without great friends.
Tips and Techniques: You can make this at home without the strange spicy apple mustard ingredient. Simply whisk a few tablespoon of good grainy mustard, 1/2 tsp of dried ginger and 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper with a spoon of applesauce or apple juice. It's not exact, but close enough to recreate this extraordinary salad.
Purchase a GOOD olive- it does make a difference!
Grilled Prosciutto wrapped Fig on Greens
4 fresh figs
4 thin slices of prosciutto, cut in half, lengthwise
Apple Curry Mustard (see Tips and Techniques above)
4 cups field greens or spinach
olive oil
fresh pepper
Toss greens with a drizzle of olive oil, fresh black pepper and a small spoon of the mustard. Plate and top with grilled figs. Makes two large salads with 4 fig halves each or 4 smaller salads with 2 fig halves each.
AUGH! If this was served today (Sunday) don't tell me - my mouth is watering and I can't make it over! RaiNCHECK and can we have these?!?! And I found four 'strange' ingredients that I have for you :).
ReplyDeleteRaincheck it is! I'm sure happy to make these again, delicious. Can't wait to see the 'Strange Ingredients.'
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