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Crudités Salad with Farro and Pecans

By Gerardo Gonzalez

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Crudites Salad with Farro and PecansChristopher Baker

A texture riot of a salad; it gets crunch and creaminess from toasted pecans and almond butter(!).

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 Servings

Ingredients

For the vinaigrette:

1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

For the salad:

1/2 cup pecans
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 teaspoons almond butter or natural peanut butter
1/2 bunch Tuscan kale, ribs and stems removed, leaves torn (about 2 cups)
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
1/2 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced
1 small zucchini, thinly sliced lengthwise on a mandoline
2 breakfast radishes, thinly sliced lengthwise on a mandoline
1 cup cauliflower florets, grated on the large holes of a box grater
1 cup red and/or yellow grape tomatoes, halved
1 cup trimmed watercress
3/4 cup cooked semi-pearled farro

Preparation

  1. Vinaigrette:

    Step 1

    Whisk oil, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl to combine; set aside.

  2. Salad:

    Step 2

    Cook pecans and oil in a small skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until nuts are darkened in color, 5–7 minutes. Let cool, then coarsely chop so you have a variety of sizes, with some pieces almost pulverized. Set aside 2 tablespoons nuts for serving.

    Step 3

    Whisk almond butter and 1 tablespoon vinaigrette in a medium bowl to combine. Add kale and massage dressing into leaves with your hands until evenly coated; season with salt and pepper.

    Step 4

    Toss fennel, zucchini, radishes, cauliflower, tomatoes, watercress, farro, and remaining pecans in a large bowl with remaining vinaigrette; season with salt and pepper. Add kale and toss to combine. Drizzle with oil and serve topped with reserved pecans.

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