When I was in New Orleans this past weekend, Michael took me to that glorious Olive Oil & Fruit Vinegar import store Vom Fass (of which I've already written). It was extraordinarily hard to decide what kinds of fruit vinegars and olive oils to buy--there were so many flavors and I wanted them all!--but with one suggestion, I knew I could make my decision.
"We had a date vinegar and orange oil salad dressing tasting this weekend" Nick, the store representative, said. "It was like eating candy!" I was sold.
Below is my version of Nick's recipe based off of what he said. The dressing supposedly had a 3:2 parts ratio (3 parts orange oil with 2 parts date vinegar). But, after making a large salad, I felt it really should have been a 1:1 ratio (i.e., 3 parts orange oil with 3 parts vinegar) to get the taste I was going for. Make with the same oil/vinegars I use here buy ordering from the Vom Fass website, or make your own through homemade infusions for a salad dressing that is clearly delicious.
Orange Oil w/Waldborg Star Date Balsamic Vinegar Dressing & Salad
The key to making this recipe taste "like candy" is to add the olive oil and vinegar separately to the salad. A lot of people mix and shake their oil and vinegar salad dressings beforehand, but I'm a purist. I believe in adding the orange olive oil first and then the waldborg star date balsamic vinegar second to the salad.
Ingredients:
* 1 large salad (4 servings), prepared (see "Fall Salad" recipe for an example recipe)
* 3 tablespoons Orange Olive Oil
* 3 tablespoons Waldborg Star Date Balsamic Vinegar
* 1 orange, zested
* 1/2 cup dates
1.) Prepare salad, and add 1/2 cup dates.
2.) Drizzle 3 tablespoons of Orange Olive Oil over the salad.
3.) Drizzle 3 tablespoons of Waldborg Star Date Balsamic Vinegar over the salad.
4.) Zest an orange over the salad.
6.) Dish out servings of salad (makes 4) and serve with more freshly zested orange on top. Enjoy!
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