Fall Fruit Salad
- 2 to 4 tablespooons pine nuts
- 4 ruby grapefruit (1 lb. each)
- 4 firm-ripe Fuyu persimmons (1/2 lb. each)
- 2 Asian pears (about 3/4 lb. each)
- 6 tablespoons lime juice
- 6 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 4 to 6 cups frisee, rinsed and crisped
- 1 1/2 cups pomegranate seeds
- Salt
- Cook pine nuts in a 6- to 8-inch frying pan over medium heat, shaking pan often to stir nuts until pale gold, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour from pan.
- With a knife, cut peel and membrane from grapefruit. Holding fruit over a bowl, cut between segments and inner membrane to release fruit into bowl. Squeeze juice from membrane into bowl; discard membrane.
- Rinse Fuyu persimmons, trim off and discard stem ends, then slice fruit crosswise into thin rounds.
- Rinse Asian pears and discard stems. Cut fruit crosswise into thin rounds through center seeds. Coat pear slices with grapefruit juice.
- In a small bowl, mix 6 tablespoons grapefruit juice (reserve remainder for other uses) with lime juice, rice vinegar, and honey.
- Line a salad bowl or salad plates with frisee. Arrange Fuyu persimmons, Asian pears, and grapefruit on frisee. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and pine nuts, then moisten with the grapefruit-lime dressing. Add salt to taste.
nuts, ruby grapefruit, persimmons, asian pears, lime juice, rice vinegar, honey, pomegranate seeds, salt
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fall-fruit-salad (may not work)