Fig Salad • Contemporary Fig Salad with Blue Cheese & Candied Walnu…

When figs are in season, nothing can beat a fig salad. Candy, tender figs paired with peppery greens, tangy cheese, crunchy nuts and a shiny French dressing. It’s a steadiness of textures and flavors that feels each easy and refined. Serve it as a aspect at your vacation desk or lunch on a regular basis–it’s assured DELICIOUS!

We dwell for fig and pomegranate season, yearly! Figs are candy, wealthy and have an intricate texture. And since they’re very rooted in our Mediterranean background, we use them endlessly.

You should utilize inexperienced or black mission figs for this recipe. However don’t skimp on them–figs add a novel sweetness and so it elevates easy salads into one thing further particular.

We shared a brilliant straightforward French Fig Almond Frangipane Tart years and years in the past, and it stays one in every of our prime requested recipes. Right this moment we’re going savory, utilizing recent figs (whereas you can too use roasted) and a easy balsamic French dressing.

What’s a Fig Salad

A fig salad mainly combines recent or roasted figs with salad greens and complementary components. Classically goat cheese (we used blue cheese) , prosciutto (we skipped this), toasted nuts (use our 5 minutes Candied Walnuts) and a easy French dressing.

The fig salad recipe is outlined against this. A soft-sweet fruit versus crisp greens; creamy cheese,  shiny acidity and crunchy nuts.

Why You’ll Love This Figs Salad

• It’s so tasty, so festive and turns salad haters into salad LOVERS!
• The combo of candy, salty, tangy, crunchy, tender and chewy all collectively is impeccable!
• This can be a salad recipe, so no cooking is required and it’s a ten minutes job.
• It’s so customizable–you’ll be able to swap inexperienced leaves, nuts, cheeses and another ingredient.
• This recipe is an ideal seasonal present stopper! It’s a crowd favourite at any special day. It’s also possible to use roasted figs for a deeper and richer style.
• The dressing is an easy French dressing which you may make forward.
• The Candied Walnuts are this season’s MUST attempt recipe which you can too make forward!

Components You’ll Want

• Figs. Use inexperienced or black mission figs, and use recent or roasted figs for this recipe.
• Greens. Any leafy greens or salad greens or child spinach works too!
• Crimson onions. We love thinly sliced purple onions right here, you should utilize scallions, white onions or shallots.
• Cheese. We love blue cheese, nevertheless you’ll be able to attempt feta cheese, goat cheese or any!
• Apples. You should utilize pears.
• Avocado. We love the creamy buttery really feel it provides to the salad.
• Dried Fruits. We love dried cranberries however you should utilize any.
• Pomegranate Arils. Seasonal, tangy and candy pomegranates. You possibly can skip when you’d like.
• Nuts. We love our Candied Walnuts which you should utilize with pecans, almonds and another nuts.

Dressing Components

• Olive oil. Use high quality olive oil.
• Vinegar. Any white wine or balsamic vinegar works properly right here
• Mustard. To bind the dressing
• Honey. Cuts down the acidity, you should utilize maple syrup
• Seasoning. Easy salt and pepper
• Contemporary herbs. We used recent thyme, you should utilize parsley or none.

Tips on how to Make Fig Salad

1. That is an arugula fig salad so no want to cut the greens right here. Simply prep the opposite components.
   
2. It’s BEST to have the nuts toasted and prepared –use this 5 min information for Candied Walnuts.
3. Use a salad bowl and add all of the salad components.
4. Make the salad dressing.
   
5. Whisk all components in a bowl till clean.
   
6. Pour the salad dressing over the salad and toss actually evenly to keep away from mushing any ingredient.
7. And sprinkle further nuts on the finish together with pomegranate arils.
8. And your arugula fig salad is prepared!

Ideas for Contemporary Fig Salad

1. Select ripe figs however not mushy ones. Barely tender to the contact with a candy taste are finest. The mushy ones will mush up your salad.
2. FRESH FIGS are key! This can be a seasonal salad and whereas we wished to make all of it years lengthy, it stays one of the best seasonal salad. Selected between the kinds of recent figs and mix them when you like.
3. Steadiness the dressing. If utilizing white wine or aged balsamic viengars, you want honey to steadiness the sweetness. You don’t want mush because the figs are already candy.
4. Add nuts final. To maintain the fantastic crunch, make certain the nuts go in final.
5. If prosciutto or bacon or any chilly meats are used, additionally add them in direction of the top.
6. Swap cheeses to your style! For a wealthy and opulent salad, use Burrata Cheese. Add it proper on the middle of the plate and prime with recent figs and pomegranate.

What to Serve with Fig Salad

What sort of figs are finest for salad?

Contemporary Black Mission and Brown Turkey are candy and maintain up properly recent; Kadota are milder however work. Select ripe however not mushy figs.  If recent figs aren’t obtainable, roasted dried figs (rehydrated briefly) can be utilized as properly!

Can I take advantage of dried figs as an alternative of recent?

Sure when you realy can’t discover recent. Rehydrate some chopped dried figs briefly in heat water or just a little orange juice, or roast them with honey. Anticipate a chewier texture and extra concentrated sweetness.

Ought to figs be roasted for salad?

No. We choose recent seasonal figs. If you happen to’d wish to roast, place them in an oven secure dish at 400 levels F and roast for 6-10 minutes. Roasting concentrates sweetness and provides caramel notes.

How lengthy are you able to make fig salad forward of time?

The perfect factor to make forward right here is the Candied Walnuts and the dressing. If you happen to’re utilizing roasted figs, then you can too make that forward. Then merely, slice, toss and luxuriate in. It’s finest to decorate the salad inside an hour of serving.

What cheeses pair finest with figs?

Goat cheese (chevre) for tang, burrata for creaminess, and gorgonzola/blue for a daring salty distinction.

Is fig salad good for entertaining?

Completely YES! It’s a festive trying and attention-grabbing dish, fast to assemble and could be simply scaled.

What French dressing works finest with figs?

Balsamic honey French dressing is a traditional or white balsamic as we used right here.

Can I make this salad vegetarian/vegan?

Sure! Use the identical salad greens and skip the cheeses or use vegan cheese. You’ll discover loads of variation vegan cheeses at grocery shops now.

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