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Kale Salad with Garbanzos, Grapefruit and Pine Nuts in Avocado Dressing (Secret Recipe Club)

Recipe: Kale Salad with Garbanzos, Grapefruit and Pine Nuts in Avocado Dressing

Kale Salad with Garbanzos, Grapefruit and Pine Nuts in Avocado Dressing on Shockingly Delicious [1]Summary: Creamy avocado dressing enrobes raw kale and garbanzos, decorated with sweet grapefruit and toasty pine nuts.

Ingredients

  • 8 leaves Lacinato kale (aka Dino, Tuscan, Black or Cavolo Nero)
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 2 ruby red or pink grapefruit, cut into supremes*
  • 1 ripe California avocado, pitted, peeled and mashed
  • 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • Grinding of black pepper
  • 1 (15-ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts

Instructions

  1. Wash, dry and de-rib kale. Cut into very fine slices (chiffonade cut) and place in a big salad bowl. Add lemon juice.
  2. Cut the grapefruit into supremes* (see note below), saving the accumulated juices, which should equal about 1/3 cup. Pour the grapefruit juice in with the kale and set the segments aside for later. With your clean hands, massage the kale and citrus juices together for 2-3 minutes; you will observe the kale getting softer and more pliable as it is massaged.
  3. Stir the mashed avocado, ginger, salt and pepper into the kale. Stir in the garbanzos. Either refrigerate the salad to serve later, or mound it onto plates to serve. Decorate the top with the reserved grapefruit supremes and a sprinkling of pine nuts.
  4. Serves 2-4, depending on appetites and whether it is a main dish salad or a side salad.

Source

Adapted from K & K Test Kitchen [2].

Grapefruit cutting into supremes on Shockingly Delicious [3]*Citrus supremes

Cutting citrus – usually oranges or grapefruit – into supremes is an elegant way to serve the segments. It removes the flesh from the membrane, and provides a beautiful slice. It might seem fussy, but once you do it a time or two, you’ll get the hang of it. Here’s a brief tutorial [4].

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 2-4
Culinary tradition: USA (Nouveau)

I’ve made a number of delicious dishes from Secret Recipe Club over the months. Here’s a list of what else I have chosen to make from others’ blogs [5] for reveal days, and what they have chosen to make from Shockingly Delicious, in case you want to choose something from these lists as your own inspiration in the kitchen.

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