Roasted Tomato And Spinach Salad
- 4c baby spinach
- 8 asparagus spears(2per serving)
- 6 plum tomatoes
- 30ml Olive Oil
- 4 slices proscuitto
- 1/8c rice wine vinegar
- 1/4c grapeseed oil
- shaved romano for garnish
- Blanch trimmed asparagus spears for approximately 1-2 minutes and refresh immediately in ice water. Set aside.
- Cut plum tomatoes in half lengthwise, season with salt and pepper and grill cut side down on hot grill for 2 minutes, turning a quarterturn after 1 minute to make nice crossmarks. Remove and set aside.
- In a hot saute pan heat olive oil and quickly fry prosciutto on both sides until just crispy. Remove from heat.
- Wisk together grapeseed oil and white balsalmic vinegar, and toss vinegarette with spinach.
- Presentation- On each plate place 3 halves of grilled tomato, in a triangular position. Lay two spears of grilled asparagus over tomatoes in a X, this has created a base for the salad. Place a high pile of dressed spinach in the middle of the tomato formation, giving it height. Place a slice of crisp prosciutto carefully standing in front of spinach. Garnish with a few shavings of romano cheese on top of salad.
baby spinach, tomatoes, rice wine vinegar, grapeseed oil
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/roasted-tomato-and-spinach-salad-1206290 (may not work)