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Mediterranean · Salad

Spinach Salad with Ricotta Salata and Olives

Tender baby spinach tumbled with toasted pine nuts, cherry tomatoes, raw red onion, cubes of firm ricotta salata and wrinkled black olives, finished with an orange-scented honey and mustard vinaigrette.

  • YieldServes 8 as a side salad
  • Hands-on22 min
  • Total29 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsppine nuts
  • 280 gyoung spinach, washed, dried and trimmed (about 6 cups, 10 oz)
  • 1small red onion, finely chopped
  • 225 gcherry tomatoes, halved (about 1 1/2 cups)
  • 150 gricotta salata or Greek manouri cheese, cut into 1 cm cubes (about 1/3 lb)
  • 80 gwrinkled black olives such as Thassos or Moroccan, pitted (about 1/2 cup)

Dressing

  • 80 mlextra virgin olive oil, 1/3 cup
  • 2 tspsherry vinegar
  • 2 tspbalsamic vinegar
  • 2 tspgrainy Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsphoney
  • ½ tsporange zest, finely grated

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Mediterranean
  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Mustard
  • Sulfites
  • Pine nut
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Orange
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Spinach
  • Turmeric
  • Honey
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Lactose
  • Fructose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 1

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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