Recipe: Citrus Salad with Pomegranate Saba & Buttermilk Dressing

via Chef Mario, Frog Hollow Farm

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 avocado with the pit removed and scooped using a small spoon
  • 1 mandarin orange, with skin peeled by hand
  • 1 blood orange, with skin removed with a knife and segmented with a paring knife
  • 6 leaves of fava leaves, (you can substitute with arugula, fennel or endives)
  • 1/2 of a small shallot, slice thinly and macerated in Meyer lemon juice and salt
  • 1 tbs. of cultured butter milk
  • 1 tbs. of quality olive oil (Frog Hollow Farm)
  • 1 tbs. of Frog Hollow Pomegranate saba
  • Juice of a Meyer lemon to taste
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Method:

  1. On a large salad plate, place the avocado, mandarin, blood orange, fava leaves, and shallots.
  2. Dress with butter milk, olive oil, saba and lemon juice. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Serve at once.
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